Murray Olderman was an American sports cartoonist and writer.
11 Facts About Murray Olderman
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Murray Olderman's art has been used by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and hung above the Hall of Fame busts.
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Murray Olderman aspired to be a sportswriter at an early age.
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Murray Olderman was hired by the McClatchy Newspapers of Sacramento as a sports cartoonist.
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Murray Olderman's work appeared in 750 daily newspapers for the greater part of 35 years.
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Murray Olderman is the founder of the Jim Thorpe Trophy, for the National Football League's Most Valuable Player, and distributed by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Murray Olderman founded the NEA's All-Pro team in 1955, which ran through 1992.
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Murray Olderman received the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for 1974 and 1978.
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Murray Olderman was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Murray Olderman was inducted into the Northwestern University Medill Hall of Achievement for 2014.
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Murray Olderman was a longtime resident of Rancho Mirage, California, and died there on June 10,2020.