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Thomas Holmes (November 5, 1903 – March 25, 1975) was an American
sports writer
Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...
who covered the
Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association (19th century), American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the ...
for the ''
Brooklyn Eagle
:''This article covers both the historical newspaper (1841–1955, 1960–1963), as well as an unrelated new Brooklyn Daily Eagle starting 1996 published currently''
The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''King ...
'' and the ''
New York Herald-Tribune,'' from 1924 to 1957.
Holmes, who only had one arm, died in March 1975 at age 71.
He was posthumously awarded 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 ...
by the
Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), announced in 1979 and bestowed in 1980.
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Baseball Hall of Fame
1903 births
1975 deaths
Writers from Brooklyn
Sportswriters from New York (state)
Baseball writers
BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients
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