Dan Daniel (June 6, 1890 – July 1, 1981), born Daniel Margowitz, was an American sportswriter whose prolific contributions over a long period led him to be called the Dean of American Baseball Writers. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Sports journalism is a form of Journalism that reports on Sports topics and events While the sports department within some Newspapers has been Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
Daniel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. His family moved to New York City when he was a boy, and he remained there throughout his career. The City of New York He attended the City College of New York, where he managed the basketball team. The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as
Daniel received his first writing assignment with the New York Herald in 1909 at the age of 19. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting He decided to use a single-name byline, “By Daniel”, because editors in the early 20th century were concerned that anti-Semitism would hurt newspaper sales if he used his Jewish surname. The byline on a Newspaper or Magazine article gives the name and often the position of the writer of the article Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
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1920s
By 1924, he had settled at the New York Telegram, where he remained for the next forty years. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1925, he won Best Story of the Year from the Baseball Writers Association of America for his portrayal of Walter Johnson's loss in the seventh game of the Washington Senators/Pittsburgh Pirates World Series match-up. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Baseball Writers' Association of America ( BBWAA) is a professional association for Baseball Journalists writing for daily Newspapers, Magazines Walter Perry Johnson ( November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946) nicknamed "The Big Train" was an American right-handed The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games
In the early 1920s, Daniel helped start Ring Magazine with Nat Fleischer. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer ( November 3, 1887, New York – June 25, 1972) was a noted American Boxing writer He was a prolific contributor and editor throughout The Ring's history and could be seen behind his desk at The Ring when he was well past the age of 80.
In addition to his daily columns for the New York Telegram (later World Telegram then World Telegram and Sun), Daniel wrote weekly columns for The Sporting News, contributing more words to that publication than any other writer in its history. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports
1930s
From 1930 through the 1960s, Daniel was a frequent contributor to Baseball Magazine and other sports magazines of the day. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 His patriotic articles during World War II earned him wide praise. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was one of the first writers to identify the potential of both Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, extolling their virtues before either had swung a major league bat. Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 &ndash August 13, 1995) was an American Baseball player who was inducted
In 1930, Daniel was elected president of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. That year, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker made Daniel sports chairman of his Committee for Relief of the Unemployed. James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James ( June 19, 1881 &ndash November 18, 1946 The committee organized the first college basketball games in Madison Square Garden and raised the equivalent of 5 million dollars between 1930 and 1933. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. Walker presented a citation to Daniel at a testimonial dinner held in his honor, the first time a private citizen had been so-honored by the city.
Also in 1930, Daniel helped convince Babe Ruth to sign his record US$80,000 contract with the New York Yankees. George Herman Ruth Jr (February 6 1895 &ndash August 16 1948 also popularly known as " Babe " " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Ruth had been holding out for more money and had threatened to boycott spring training in Saint Petersburg, Florida. St Petersburg (often shortened to St Pete) is a city in Pinellas County Florida, United States. Daniel helped Ruth come to the decision to sign by reminding him that many of his fans were out of work and selling apples on street corners back home in New York City.
Later in 1930, Daniel published Babe Ruth, Idol of the American Boy. This early biography of The Babe was developed from material Daniel had published in a series of feature stories in the New York Telegram. It included a forward to boys from The Babe admonishing them to “do everything in moderation”!
1940s
Starting in the 1940s, his "Ask Daniel" column ran in the World Telegram every Tuesday. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Daniel answered thousands of baseball questions, becoming one of the game's leading experts and historians. Each spring, Daniel put his reputation on the line by predicting how the eight teams in each league would finish. Cartoonist Willard Mullin captured the audacity of these predictions in charming caricatures. Willard Mullin ( September 14 1902 &ndash December 20 1978) was an American sports Cartoonist.
Daniel was an accomplished speaker and raconteur. He had a rasping voice and a biting wit, which made him a popular choice as master of ceremonies for sports dinners and roasts.
Daniel was official scorer for more than twenty games during Joe DiMaggio's 1941 hitting streak. Headline events of the year Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 consecutive games His decisions are still criticized more than 60 years later, but Daniel maintained throughout his life that he called each play as he saw it.
Shortly after Babe Ruth's death in 1948, Daniel wrote The Real Babe Ruth, his second biography of the Babe, which contained many of his personal recollections from having been friend and advisor to Babe Ruth. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
1970s
In 1972, Daniel received baseball's highest honor for a writer, the J. G. Taylor Spink Award at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration The J G Taylor Spink Award is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA to its members In his acceptance speech, he thanked the players and the fans for “giving him the medium of a wonderful career”. He mused that without baseball, he would have ended up as a doctor and assured the audience that “Had I been a doctor, I would have made house-calls”.
At the age of 86, Daniel was still a relevant contributor to the history of New York City sports. In 1976, he co-authored “Yankee Stadium Then and Now”, a feature article in The New York Times. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Daniel was a noted bibliophile and amassed a significant collection of first editions, befriending book sellers in the cities he frequented as he traveled with the Yankees and other teams. Bibliophilia is the love of Books Accordingly a bibliophile loves books but especially "for Qualities of Format. His collection included an imprint of Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric, published by Gunther Zainer in 1476. Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
Death
Dan Daniel died in Pompano Beach, Florida, at the age of 91. Pompano Beach is a City in Broward County, Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale.
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