Frank Deford
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 6 years ago |
Date of birth | December 16,1938 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Baltimore |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 28,2017 |
Died | Key West |
Florida | |
United States | |
Height | 193 (cm) |
Spouse | Carol Deford |
Job | Actor |
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Journalist | |
Commentator | |
Screenwriter | |
Novelist | |
Sports commentator | |
Book editor | |
Movies/Shows | Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel |
Everybody's All-American | |
Bill Russell: My Life, My Way | |
Awards | PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing |
Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism | |
Children | Alexandra Deford |
Scarlet Faith Deford Winner | |
Christian Deford | |
Books | The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball |
Alex: The Life of a Child | |
The World's Tallest Midget: The Best of Frank Deford | |
Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter | |
Bliss, Remembered: A Novel | |
Education | Princeton University |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 544696 |
Frank Deford Life story
Benjamin Franklin Deford III was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program.