Darril Wayne Fosty (December 21, 1968) is a Canadian-born Pulitzer-nominated journalist, author, and documentarian.

History

Born in

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on December 21, 1968, Fosty's family moved to

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, where he started grade one. After high school, Fosty moved to

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, where he attended

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majoring in history and journalism and graduating in 1992. In 1994, Fosty wrote press releases for the

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sports information department. After leaving the Sounders, he worked for the Internet security start-up Zendit, now Authora. In 2003, Fosty released his first book with his brother George, ''Splendid is the Sun: The 5,000 Year History of Hockey''. In 2004, he released the book ''Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League, 1895-1925'' which was featured in a short documentary on ESPN and featured on Oprah.com "Books That Made A Difference". The book is credited with the revival of the history of the

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the Maritimes The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of Ca ...

. A documentary short written, produced, and directed by Fosty in conjunction with the National Hockey League Diversity Program called ''Black Ice'' was the winner of Best Documentary Short at the 2008 Roxbury Film Festival in Boston. Darril and his brother George were honored by the Shaka Franklin Foundation of Denver, Colorado, for the creation of "The Black Ice Project" and their ongoing efforts to preserve Black history (2008), teaching awards from George Washington University for the book ''Black Ice'' (2011) and John G. Dennison Award in 2020 by the Black History Ottawa board for the promotion of Canadian Black history and culture. In 2013, the Fosty brothers' book ''Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe and the Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939-1942'' pointed a damning finger at American and British news organizations, including ''

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'' and ''

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'', accusing the publications of leaking the Battle of Dieppe pre-raid information to the Germans resulting in the deaths, woundings, and capture of over 4,300 American, British and Canadian soldiers. In July 2021, it was announced that

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are producing

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's documentary film ''

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'', based on the Fosty brothers' historical research discussing Black hockey history, racial justice, and diversity. In 2022, Fosty released the book ''Nais-Myth: Basketball's Stolen Legacy'' which credits the invention of basketball to a 16-year-old volunteer director at the

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named Lambert Will who invented the game of basketball in 1891 only to have his idea taken and credited to

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Personal life

Fosty is currently living in

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and is the co-founder of the Society of North American Sports Historians and Researchers and founder and editor-in-chief of

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Non-fiction

*''Splendid Is The Sun: The 5,000 Year History of Hockey'' (2003). *''Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes'' (2004). *''Footie's Black Book: A Guide To International Association Football (World Cup Soccer 2010 Edition)'' (2010). *''Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe And The Allied Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939–1942'' (2013). *''Tribes: An International Hockey History'' (2014). *''Creating Excellence: Inside the World of Stryker-Indigo'' (2014). *''Nais-Myth: Basketball's Stolen Legacy'' (2022).

Fiction

*''Apocalypse 2012 Cookbook: An End of the World Cooking and Survival Guide for the Man, Woman and Family On the Run'' (2011).

References

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