Barney Nagler was an American sportswriter and author.
11 Facts About Barney Nagler
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Barney Nagler wrote for the Colgate Sports Newsreel, a national radio program hosted by Bill Stern.
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Barney Nagler is credited with naming Wide World of Sports.
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Barney Nagler's work included segments for Wide World of Sports, the 1964 Winter Olympics, and the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse.
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Barney Nagler wrote James Norris and the Decline of Boxing, published by Bobbs-Merrill Company in 1964.
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Between 1960 and 1980, Barney Nagler served multiple terms as president of the New York Boxing Writers Association.
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Barney Nagler served a five-year term as president of the Boxing Writers Association of America, from 1984 to 1989.
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Barney Nagler died on October 22,1990, at age 78, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township, New Jersey.
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Barney Nagler was the first recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for "Excellence in Boxing Journalism" from the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1972, followed by the James J Walker Award for "Long and Meritorious Service" in 1973.
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Barney Nagler was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.