Bill Fleischman reported for the Philadelphia Daily News from 1969 to 2005, and eventually became its assistant sports editor.
17 Facts About Bill Fleischman
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Bill Fleischman was a regular attendee for NASCAR events and co-authored several editions of The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide.
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Bill Fleischman grew up in the Philadelphia area and graduated from Germantown High School in 1956.
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Bill Fleischman was the sports editor of the Burlington County Times from 1961 to 1966, then worked with Al Cartwright as the sports editor for The News Journal from 1966 to 1969.
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Bill Fleischman wrote for the Philadelphia Daily News from 1969 to 2005.
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Bill Fleischman began as a general sports writer, became a desk editor, and then the assistant sports editor.
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Bill Fleischman was a regular attendee for NASCAR events held at the Dover Motor Speedway, and co-authored several editions of The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide, an almanac of facts and figures.
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Bill Fleischman had planned to write a "fun and easy" article about the parade, instead of a lengthier article on the history of the team.
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Bill Fleischman was elected vice-president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association in 1977, then served as its president from 1979 to 1981.
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Bill Fleischman later served as vice-president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association from 1988 to 1990, and was its president from 1990 to 1992.
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In 2005, Bill Fleischman retired from full-time work with the Daily News, then continued to write as a correspondent for NASCAR and Drexel basketball.
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Bill Fleischman co-ordinated the scheduling of other panelists on the show.
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Bill Fleischman later served as the historian for the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame, and wrote biographies for the inductees.
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Bill Fleischman began working as an adjunct professor for journalism at the University of Delaware in 1981, and taught at the school for 28 years, where he shared his newspapers experiences and articles in classes.
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Jeff Pearlman wrote that, "The reason [Bill Fleischman was] so well regarded for his time as a beat writer with the Flyers, is because he was such a decent guy".
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Wayne Fish wrote in The Morning Call that, "[Bill Fleischman] understood what it meant for blue-collar fans to relate to a blue-collar team", and that, "His sharp wit, his ability to boil events down to a single purpose is what made for such compelling reading".
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Bill Fleischman died from cancer on May 1,2019, in Wilmington.