1. Gordon Russell Cobbledick was an American sports journalist and author in Cleveland.
11 Facts About Gordon Cobbledick
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Gordon Cobbledick was the sports editor of The Plain Dealer for many years, and posthumously received the J G Taylor Spink Award, the highest award given by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Gordon Cobbledick played college football for Case Tech, graduating in 1922.
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Gordon Cobbledick wrote for the short-lived Cleveland Times in 1926.
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Gordon Cobbledick was elected president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in October 1942, and served in the role during 1943.
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Gordon Cobbledick served as a war correspondent during World War II, and his account of the Battle of Okinawa written on V-E Day has been frequently reprinted and cited as an example of excellent war reporting.
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Gordon Cobbledick's works were frequently published in The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, and Baseball Digest.
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Gordon Cobbledick was journalist for The Plain Dealer until 1964 when he retired.
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Gordon Cobbledick later moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he died in 1969, aged 70.
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In 1977, Cobbledick was posthumously voted the J G Taylor Spink Award by the BBWAA,.
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Gordon Cobbledick was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.