Shirley
Povich was a sports columnist and reporter for The
Washington Post beginning in 1923. He celebrated his retirement
in 1973 but went on to write
more than 600 pieces for the Post. In
1975, he was recipient of the Baseball
Writers Association of America’s J. G.
Taylor Spink Award, the Baseball Hall
of Fame honor for sportswriters.
Povich joined the Post as a reporter
during his second year as a Georgetown
University law student. In 1925
was named sports editor. In 1933, he
became a sports columnist, a responsibility
that continued for 64 years with
only one interruption. In 1945, Povich
took on an assignment as a Washington
Post war correspondent in the Pacific
theater. Following World War II, he returned
to his sports desk.
Povich is the author of The Washington
Senators (G.P. Putnam Sons, 1954)
and All These Mornings (Prentice-Hall,
1969).
His writing has been recognized
with numerous prestigious honors, including the National Headliners
1964 Grantland Rice Award for sportswriting,
the Red Smith Award in 1983,
and election to the National Sportswriters
Hall of Fame in 1984. He was
president of the Boxing Writers Association
of America in 1955.
Shirley Povich’s first name accounted
for his listing in Who’s Who of American
Women in 1962! He was the father of
American television personality Maury
Povich.
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