Thomas William Meany (September 21, 1903 – September 11, 1964) was an American

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who mostly covered

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in the

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area.

Biography

Meany's love of sports began at St. John's Prep in Brooklyn, where he wrote for the school newspaper and played basketball and baseball. Meany began his professional writing career in 1922, where he was recruited to write for the ''

New York Journal :''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal'' The ''New York Journal-American'' was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 t ...

''. Throughout his career, Meany worked for several newspapers, including the ''

Brooklyn Daily Times The ''Brooklyn Times-Union'' was an American newspaper published from 1848 to 1937. Launched in 1848 as the ''Williamsburgh Daily Times'', the publication became the ''Brooklyn Daily Times'' when the cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg were un ...

'', ''

New York World-Telegram The ''New York World-Telegram'', later known as the ''New York World-Telegram and The Sun'', was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966. History Founded by James Gordon Bennett Sr. as ''The Evening Telegram'' in 1867, the newspaper began ...

'', and the ''

Morning Telegraph ''Morning Telegraph'' may refer to: * ''Sheffield Telegraph'', known as ''Morning Telegraph'' from 11 January 1966 to 8 February 1986 * ''The Morning Telegraph,'' a New York City newspaper devoted mostly to theatrical and horse racing news; publis ...

''. He wrote several books, including ''The Magnificent Yankees'' about members of the

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, which was published in 1952. In 1961, Meany joined the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

baseball team as a publicity director, and later served as their promotions director. Meany died at

Roosevelt Hospital Mount Sinai West, opened in 1871 as Roosevelt Hospital, is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System. The 514-bed facility is located in the Midtown West neighborhood of New York City. The fac ...

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in 1964; he was survived by his wife, Clara Maxwell. In 1975, Meany was posthumously voted the

J. G. Taylor Spink Award The BBWAA Career Excellence Award, formerly the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). It is given "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" and voted on annually by ...

, the highest award bestowed by the

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(BBWAA).

Books

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References

External links

Baseball Hall of Fame
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meany, Tom 1903 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers American newspaper journalists American publicists Baseball writers New York World Sportspeople from Brooklyn Sportspeople from Queens, New York Sportswriters from New York (state) Writers from Brooklyn New York Mets personnel Death in New York (state) BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients