13 Facts About Arch Ward

Archie Burdette Ward was an American journalist who served as sports editor for the Chicago Tribune.

Arch Ward was the creator of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament.

Arch Ward worked for the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque in 1919.

Arch Ward completed college at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked as publicity director under Knute Rockne in 1919 and 1920, before graduating in 1921.

Arch Ward joined the Chicago Tribune in 1925, and became sports editor in 1930.

Arch Ward created the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament, and the College All-Star Football Classic.

Arch Ward later started the rival All-America Football Conference.

Arch Ward was quoted as being an "idealist", one that felt the NFL was a "cheap-john minor league outfit" which needed a major pro league like the AAFC to force the NFL to pay their players better.

Arch Ward helped set up the first meeting of the organization that would become the AAFC on June 4,1944, with word getting out about the league in late August of that year before a formal announcement on September 2,1944.

Arch Ward published several collections of light content from the Chicago Tribune entitled In The Wake Of The News Book and edited an anthology called The Greatest Sports Stories From Chicago Tribune.

Arch Ward died in his sleep in 1955 at the age of 58, at his home on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago; his death was attributed to a heart attack.

Arch Ward was survived by his wife, Helen, and a son; a daughter had predeceased him in 1940.

Arch Ward's funeral took place the same day as the 1955 MLB All-Star Game.