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Frank Deford

Editor of Sports Illustrated magazine and long-time commentator on National Public Radio. He wrote many sports-related books and a highly regarded memoir about his daughter, who died from cystic fibrosis.

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American sportswriter

Born 1938
Died 2017

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  • Cover of: Alex: the life of a child

    First published in 1984 — 6 editions
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    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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American sportswriter

Born 1938
Died 2017

Subjects

Fiction, Biography, Patients, Cystic fibrosis in children, Fiction, general, History, Sports, Terminally ill children, Baltimore (md.), fiction, Baseball managers, Baseball stories, Children, death, Cleveland Indians (Baseball team), Critically ill children, Cystic fibrosis, Fathers and daughters, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, sports, Large type books, Literature, Reminiscing in old age, Sports journalism, Swimmers, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Advertising

Places

United States, Baltimore (Md.), Japan, North Carolina, Poliomyelitis

People

Alexandra Deford (1971-1980), Casey Stengel, Christy Mathewson (1880-1925), John Joseph McGraw (1873-1934), William T. Tilden (1893-1953)

Time

1926-1945

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
January 1, 2018 Edited by Brice Fuqua date of death and a short bio
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
September 2, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import