Casey Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1985) Winner
Roger Kahn
ロジャー・カーン
Rojā Kān
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-10-31 （Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.）
- Died
- 2020-02-06 （Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.） age 92
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Jewish
- Residence History
- Stone Ridge, New York → Mamaroneck, New York
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author
- Active Years
- 1948-2020
- Affiliations
- New York Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Saturday Evening Post
- Influenced By
- Stanley Woodward, John Lardner, Red Smith
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froebel Academy | — | prep school | — | — | United States |
| Erasmus Hall High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| New York University | — | — | — | 1944-1947 | United States |
Froebel Academy
prep school
Country:
United States
Erasmus Hall High School
Country:
United States
Brooklyn
New York University
Period:
1944-1947
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | E. P. Dutton Award | — | best sports magazine article | E. P. Dutton | 受賞 (5回) |
| 2006 | National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | — | — | National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | 殿堂入り |
E. P. Dutton Award
Category:
best sports magazine article
Organization:
E. P. Dutton
Result:
受賞 (5回)
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
2006
Organization:
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Result:
殿堂入り
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Boys of Summer
1972 non-fictionA book about the Brooklyn Dodgers and their players, reflecting on his relationship with his father.
baseballyouthfather-son relationship
Good Enough to Dream
1985 non-fictionChronicle of his year as owner of a minor league baseball team.
baseballminor league
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and The Roaring Twenties
1999 biographyBiography of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
boxingRoaring Twenties
Bibliography
- Mutual Baseball Almanac (1955)
- The World of John Lardner (1961)
- Inside Big League Baseball (1962)
- The Passionate People: What it Means to be a Jew in America (1968)
- The Battle for Morningside Heights: Why Students Rebel (1970)
- The Boys of Summer (1972)
- How the Weather Was (1973)
- A Season in the Sun (1977)
- But Not to Keep: A Novel (1979)
- The Seventh Game (1982)
- Good Enough to Dream (1985)
- Joe & Marilyn: A Memory of Love (1986)
- Pete Rose: My Story (1989)
- Games We Used to Play: A Lover's Quarrel with the World of Sport (1992)
- The Era: 1947–1957, When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World (1993)
- Memories of Summer: When Baseball was an Art and Writing About it a Game (1993)
- A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and The Roaring Twenties (1999)
- The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound (2000)
- October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish in 1978 (2002)
- Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events That Shaped a Life (2006)
- Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- master of sports writingnarrative blending personal memoir
- Recurring Motifs
- baseballNew York sports historyfather-son bonds
Legacy
Renowned for 'The Boys of Summer,' ranked #2 on Sports Illustrated's top sports books list.
In Popular Culture
- Referenced in baseball literature as a classic
Trivia
- Avid Brooklyn Dodgers fan.
- Memorialized his son Roger Laurence in memoir.