Allison Danzig
American sportswriter (1898–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Allison "Al" Danzig (February 27, 1898 – January 27, 1987) was an American sportswriter who specialized in writing about tennis, but also covered college football, squash, many Olympic Games, and rowing.[1] Danzig was the only American sportswriter to extensively cover real tennis, the precursor to modern lawn tennis.[2]
Allison Danzig | |
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Born | (1898-02-27)February 27, 1898 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
Died | January 27, 1987(1987-01-27) (aged 88) Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation | Sportswriter |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Danzig covered every tournament in the Grand Slam, the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the French Open - as well as many others. In 1968, Danzig was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, becoming the first journalist in the Hall.[2] In an interview shortly before his death, he named Bill Tilden as the greatest player he had covered.