1. Matthew John Zabitka was an American sportswriter.
12 Facts About Matt Zabitka
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Matt Zabitka spent 40 years working with The News Journal and The Morning News.
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Matt Zabitka began his career at the age of 13, in c 1934, when he noticed the local Progressive Weekly newspaper did not include a sports section.
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Matt Zabitka later worked for various local newspapers before getting hired by the Chester Times in 1952.
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In reality, we had a four-man staff because Matt Zabitka did enough writing for two reporters.
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We started the day at 6 am back then, and Matt Zabitka took all of five seconds to hang up his coat and start pounding his typewriter.
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We used to joke that Matt Zabitka ordered typewriter ribbons by the caseload and that we had to keep a bucket of water at his desk in case the ribbon caught on fire.
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Matt Zabitka laughed easily, seemed to know just about everyone in Delaware County and usually had a story to go with the name.
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Matt Zabitka said he wanted to beef up coverage of sports in Delaware.
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Matt Zabitka was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Matt Zabitka spent 40 years regularly writing for The News Journal, finally retiring in 2002.
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Matt Zabitka died in his sleep on May 29,2009, in Wilmington, Delaware, at the age of 88.