Martin E Appel was born on August 7,1948 and is an American public relations and sports management executive, television executive producer, baseball historian and author.
19 Facts About Marty Appel
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Marty Appel has written over 20 books, including Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss and Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character.
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Marty Appel is a two-time winner of the Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, for his biographies of King Kelly and Casey Stengel.
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Marty Appel was born in Brooklyn, New York to Irving and Celia Marty Appel.
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Marty Appel graduated from State University of New York at Oneonta in 1970.
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Marty Appel obtained a degree in political science and journalism.
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Marty Appel began his career in baseball while a student, after writing to then-New York Yankees public relations chief Bob Fishel.
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Marty Appel began his tenure with the Yankees in 1968 at age 19, handling fan mail for Mickey Mantle.
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Marty Appel was named Public Relations Director of the team in 1973 by Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, becoming at 23 the youngest PR Director in Major League Baseball history, and remained in that position for four years.
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In 2007, Marty Appel led the public relations efforts for the short-lived Israel Baseball League which debuted and shut down that same year.
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Marty Appel produced pre-season football telecasts for the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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Marty Appel was an adviser to the production of the ESPN miniseries The Bronx is Burning, and a consultant to the 2001 HBO production 61*, directed by Billy Crystal.
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Marty Appel has written over 20 books, including a biography of baseball player King Kelly, and children's biographies of Yankees Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio.
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Marty Appel has contributed to publications including Sports Collectors Digest, Yankees Magazine, and Encyclopedia Americana.
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Marty Appel served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, was a member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Sports Museum and Hall of Fame and New York Transit Museum, and was a member of the Advisory Council to the Israel Baseball League.
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In 2008, Marty Appel was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Marty Appel married Lourdes Marty Appel in June 2009, with the service being performed by Larchmont, New York, Mayor Liz Feld with Rabbi Jeff Sirkman participating.
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Marty Appel has two children from a prior marriage, Brian and Deborah.
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Marty Appel lived in Larchmont for 20 years, and lived in Spring Valley, in Riverdale, and in Manhattan.