Bill Conlin was a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News for 46 years.
12 Facts About Bill Conlin
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Bill Conlin was a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Bill Conlin attended Peekskill Military Academy on an athletic scholarship, worked as a lifeguard in the 1950s.
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Bill Conlin was inducted into the Ocean Rowing Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Bill Conlin was a 1961 graduate of Temple University, where he was an editor-in-chief for The Temple University News.
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Bill Conlin appeared on more than 300 editions of ESPN's The Sports Reporters, a Sunday morning show of debate among American newspaper columnists.
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Bill Conlin died on January 9,2014, in the Largo Medical Center in Largo, Florida.
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Bill Conlin had been admitted with multiple illnesses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and a colon infection.
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Bill Conlin's sportswriting has been praised for its wit and intelligence.
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However, Bill Conlin drew criticism for failing to include pitcher Nolan Ryan on his Hall of Fame ballot.
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On December 20,2011, Bill Conlin resigned from his sportswriting position just hours prior to the publication of allegations of child molestation from four people.
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One of Bill Conlin's accusers was his niece, Kelley Blanchet, a prosecutor in Atlantic City, New Jersey.