Harry Gerard Bissinger III, known as Buzz Bissinger and H G Bissinger was born on November 1,1954 and is an American journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book Friday Night Lights.
12 Facts About Buzz Bissinger
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Buzz Bissinger is a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine.
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Buzz Bissinger graduated from Phillips Academy in 1972 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976, where he was a sports and opinion editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Buzz Bissinger is the cousin of Peter Berg, who directed the film adaptation of Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights.
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In 1987, while writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Buzz Bissinger won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his story on corruption in the Philadelphia court system.
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Buzz Bissinger had exclusive access to Jenner both immediately before and after her cosmetic surgery.
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In 2008, Buzz Bissinger wrote "The Throwback," an online sports column for The New York Times.
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On October 8,2012, Buzz Bissinger endorsed Mitt Romney for president.
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Buzz Bissinger briefly hosted a daily radio talk show on WPHT Philadelphia 1210 with Steve Martorano.
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Buzz Bissinger is perhaps best known for his book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, which documents the 1988 season of the football team of Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.
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Buzz Bissinger wrote a piece in August 2020 saying that he and his wife would move to Italy if Donald Trump was re-elected President of the United States.
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In 2022 Buzz Bissinger wrote The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, which was widely reviewed.