Blackie Sherrod (original) (raw)
William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod (/ˈʃɛrəd/ SHERR-əd; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the Temple Telegram, Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News in a career that spanned more than sixty years. Voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record sixteen times, he was called "the best writer I ever read" by Don January and "the best newspaperman I ever knew" by who hired Sherrod at the Times Herald in 1958. Despite not being as well known nationally as he was in Texas, he was the mentor to both Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod (/ˈʃɛrəd/ SHERR-əd; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the Temple Telegram, Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News in a career that spanned more than sixty years. Voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record sixteen times, he was called "the best writer I ever read" by Don January and "the best newspaperman I ever knew" by who hired Sherrod at the Times Herald in 1958. Despite not being as well known nationally as he was in Texas, he was the mentor to both Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake. Sherrod attended Baylor University for the 1937–1938 academic year, but transferred to Howard Payne University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English in May 1941. He was the color analyst with Bill Mercer on Dallas Cowboys radio broadcasts on KLIF-AM from 1967 to 1969. Sherrod relinquished his duties to Verne Lundquist after he was disgusted over a piece of ice that hit his hat while he was standing next to the press box elevator at Pitt Stadium in December 1969. (en) |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 50393734 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 3183 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1073109949 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Baylor_University dbr:Bill_Mercer dbc:The_Dallas_Morning_News_people dbr:Howard_Payne_University dbr:Verne_Lundquist dbr:Color_commentator dbr:Bachelor_of_Arts dbc:1919_births dbc:Journalists_from_Texas dbc:Writers_from_Texas dbr:Dallas_Cowboys dbr:Dallas_Times_Herald dbr:Dan_Jenkins dbr:Journalist dbc:2016_deaths dbr:Texas dbr:The_Dallas_Morning_News dbc:American_sportswriters dbr:KFXR_(AM) dbc:Red_Smith_Award_recipients dbc:Howard_Payne_University_alumni dbc:People_from_Belton,_Texas dbr:Don_January dbr:Pitt_Stadium dbr:Sports_journalism dbr:Bud_Shrake dbr:Felix_McKnight |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Authority_control dbt:IPAc-en dbt:Reflist dbt:Respell dbt:Short_description dbt:Red_Smith_Award |
| dct:subject | dbc:The_Dallas_Morning_News_people dbc:1919_births dbc:Journalists_from_Texas dbc:Writers_from_Texas dbc:2016_deaths dbc:American_sportswriters dbc:Red_Smith_Award_recipients dbc:Howard_Payne_University_alumni dbc:People_from_Belton,_Texas |
| schema:sameAs | http://viaf.org/viaf/23691298 |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing |
| rdfs:comment | William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod (/ˈʃɛrəd/ SHERR-əd; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the Temple Telegram, Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News in a career that spanned more than sixty years. Voted Texas Sportswriter of the Year a record sixteen times, he was called "the best writer I ever read" by Don January and "the best newspaperman I ever knew" by who hired Sherrod at the Times Herald in 1958. Despite not being as well known nationally as he was in Texas, he was the mentor to both Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Blackie Sherrod (en) |
| owl:sameAs | http://viaf.org/viaf/23691298 yago-res:Blackie Sherrod wikidata:Blackie Sherrod https://global.dbpedia.org/id/2FyYS |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Blackie_Sherrod?oldid=1073109949&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Blackie_Sherrod |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:National_Sports_Media_Association dbr:Blackie_(nickname) dbr:List_of_NFL_Championship_Game_broadcasters dbr:Pettis_Norman dbr:Deaths_in_April_2016 dbr:List_of_people_from_Texas dbr:Clint_Murchison_Jr. dbr:Freddie_Joe_Steinmark dbr:1964_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team dbr:Dallas_Times_Herald dbr:List_of_Dallas_Cowboys_broadcasters dbr:2016_in_the_United_States dbr:Bud_Shrake |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Blackie_Sherrod |