Milton Richman (January 29, 1922 – June 9, 1986) was an American sports columnist and sports editor for

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. He was named the 1981 winner of the

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by the

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Biography

During World War II, Richman played in the minor league organization of the

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.Staff
"MILTON RICHMAN"
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'', June 10, 1986. Accessed March 26, 2009.

United Press International

He spent 42 years with

, one of only two jobs he had during his working career. He became a columnist in 1964, and continued to write his sports column after UPI named him as its sports editor from 1972 to 1985. In 1987, Richman was honored by the Press Club of Atlantic City with the National Headliner Award. In both 1957 and 1981, he received nominations for the

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. On December 9, 1986, six month after Richman's death,

Tommy Lasorda Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the Nati ...

and

Sparky Anderson George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third t ...

became the first recipients of the Milton Richman Memorial Award, established by the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America to honor "the person or persons doing the most to help former baseball people in need."UPI (December 10, 1986)
"Game-Winning RBI Stat Faces Extinction"
''Wilkes-Barre Citizen's Voice''. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

Personal

Richman died at age 64 on June 9, 1986 of a

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. He was survived by his brother, Arthur Richman, who also worked as a sportswriter, and later in the front offices of both the

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and

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References

External links

Baseball Hall of Fame
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richman, Milton 1922 births 1986 deaths American sportswriters BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients 20th-century American non-fiction writers Minor league baseball players