Frank Deford
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Deford III[1] (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter, novelist and health activist. Over his 40 year career, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program (from 1980 to 2017).
Deford was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Princeton University. He was married to Carol Penner until his death in 2017. They had three children.
Deford wrote for Sports Illustrated magazine from 1962 until his death in 2017,[2] and was a correspondent for the Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel television program on HBO.[3] He wrote 18 books, nine of them novels such as Everybody's All-American (1981).
Deford died on May 28, 2017, at the age of 78, at his home in Key West, Florida.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bunting, Glenn F. (January 11, 2004). "Picking Nits with Frank Deford". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Conway, Tyler. "Former Sports Illustrated Writer Frank Deford Dies at Age 78". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dwyer, Colin. "Frank Deford, NPR's Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78". NPR.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Frank Deford Archive at SI
- Frank Deford's Insider Archive Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine also at SI
- Frank Deford on IMDb
- Frank Deford, NPR Biography
- Frank Deford articles at Byliner
- Frank Deford Archived 2004-10-18 at the Wayback Machine at Yahoo!