1. Robert Watts Creamer was an American sportswriter and editor.
14 Facts About Robert Creamer
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Robert Creamer spent most of his career at Sports Illustrated.
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Robert Creamer attended Fordham and Syracuse Universities but never graduated.
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Robert Creamer ducked behind a mound of dirt, then pulled out his.
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Robert Creamer was one of the first hired on the staff of Sports Illustrated in 1954.
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Robert Creamer served the magazine as a senior editor from inception to 1984, and wrote the weekly Scorecard section of the magazine.
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Robert Creamer wrote seven other baseball related books, including a biography on Casey Stengel titled Stengel: His Life and Times in 1984.
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Robert Creamer wrote Baseball in '41: A Celebration of the "Best Baseball Season Ever".
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In retirement, Robert Creamer occasionally wrote retrospective articles for SI and could be seen on television commenting on historical moments in sports, many of which he had covered.
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Robert Creamer was a recipient of the 2012 Henry Chadwick Award from the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Robert Creamer appeared in Ken Burns' documentary Baseball and numerous other television baseball programs, including When It Was a Game.
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Robert Creamer was married to Margaret Schelz for 53 years, from 1948 until her death in 2001.
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Robert Creamer died of prostate cancer on July 18,2012, in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Robert Creamer was survived by his companion Barbara Eaton and his five children, as well as six grandchildren.