Tommy Holmes (sportswriter)
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Thomas Holmes (November 5, 1903 – March 25, 1975)New York Herald-Tribune, from 1924 to 1957.
Holmes, who only had one arm, died in March 1975 at age 71.[2][3]
He was posthumously awarded the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), announced in 1979 and bestowed in 1980.[4]
Works
- Holmes, Tommy (1953). Dodger Daze and Knights. ASIN B0007DSQVU.
- ASIN B0006BM6OG.
- Holmes, Tommy (1975). The Dodgers. ASIN B000O95R28.
References
- ^ Burgess, Bill (February 21, 2007). "Thomas Holmes---AKA Tommy Holmes". baseball-fever.com. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Sports Writer Tommy Holmes Dies". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. March 27, 1975. p. 62. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Red (March 29, 1975). "On Tommy Holmes". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. p. 18. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- The Daily Reporter. Greenfield, Indiana. UPI. November 28, 1979. p. 12. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Broeg, Bob (June 21, 1953). "Dodgers' Daffy Past". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 24. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- Holmes, Tommy (April 24, 1951). "Latest Thing in Baseball Records". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 16. Retrieved June 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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