Frederick Lieb (March 5, 1888 – June 3, 1980) was an American sportswriter and baseball historian. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 He and his wife Mary were especially close to Lou Gehrig. Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig ( June 19 1903  – June 2 1941) born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American Walter Brennan's character in the movie The Pride of the Yankees was loosely based on him. Walter Brennan ( July 25 1894 – September 21 1974) was a three-time Academy Award winning American Actor. The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees ' star baseball player First baseman
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lieb died at age 92 in Houston, Texas. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə