Doug Larson (February 10, 1926 – April 1, 2017) was a columnist and editor for the
Door County Advocate (1953–1964) and wrote a daily column, "Doug’s Dugout," for the
Green Bay Press-Gazette
The ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'' is a newspaper whose primary coverage is of northeastern Wisconsin, including Green Bay. It was founded as the ''Green Bay Gazette'' in 1866 as a weekly paper, becoming a daily newspaper in 1871. The ''Green Ba ...
(1964–1988),
both Wisconsin-based newspapers. The column was originally syndicated through
United Media
United Media was a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, that operated from 1978 to 2011. It syndicated 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. It ...
under the title "Senator Soaper Says"; Larson took over authorship in 1980.
Previously, it had been written by
Bill Vaughn of the
Kansas City Star.
Larson was born in the city of
Sturgeon Bay in
Door County, Wisconsin
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangero ...
.
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1926 births
2017 deaths
Carroll University alumni
20th-century American journalists
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