Furman Bisher was 1 of 3 finalists for the 2015 J.G. Taylor Spink Award
to be recognized in the “Scribes & Mikemen” exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
to be recognized in the “Scribes & Mikemen” exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame!
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Born November 4, 1917, Denton, North Carolina
Died March 18, 2012, Fayetteville, Georgia
Died March 18, 2012, Fayetteville, Georgia
15,000+ ARTICLES/COLUMNS in...
NEWSPAPERS
-Lumberton Voice (1938)-Highpoint Enterprise (1939-1940) -Charlotte News (1940-1942) -Midway Mirror (1943-1944)-Charlotte News (1945-1950)-Atlanta Journal (1950-2010)-Gwinnett Daily Post (2010-2012) BOOKS - AUTHORED BY...
-With a Southern Exposure (1962) -Strange But True Baseball Stories (1966) -Miracle in Atlanta: the Atlanta Braves Story (1966) -Aaron RF (1968) -The Birth of a Legend: Arnold Palmer's Golden Year 1960 (1972) -Atlanta Falcons: Violence and Victory (1973) -Aaron (1974) -The Masters: August Revisited, An Intimate View (1976) -Furman Bisher Collection (1989) -Atlanta's Half-Century: As Seen through the Eyes of Columnists Furman Bisher and Celestine Sibley -Thankful (1997) LEADERSHIP, ETC.
-NFL Hall of Fame selection committee -President's Executive Council of Furman University -Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award Board of Trustees -Peach of an Athlete Award Committee -Salvation Army Boy's Club Board of Directors -1980 Olympic site selection -Olympic press credentials committee |
MAGAZINES
-Sport Magazine -The Sporting News -The Saturday Evening Post -Golf Digest -Sky Magazine (Delta Airlines) -at least two or three dozen more... BOOKS - AS CONTRIBUTOR...
-Ask Dale Murphy (1987) -A Series for the World: Baseball’s First International Fall Classic (1992) -East Lake Country Club History: Home Club of Bobby Jones (1984) -A Treasury of Sports Stories -Sportswriter's Choice -Fireside Book of Football HONORS
-Georgia Writers Hall of Fame -Red Smith Award -National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame -International Golf Writers Hall of Fame -Georgia Sports Hall of Fame -Georgia Golf Hall of Fame -Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame -North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame -North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame -Davidson County Hall of Fame -Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Lincoln-Werden Journalism Award -PGA Award for Distinguished Journalism in Golf -Grantland Rice Prize Award for Sports Stories -namesake of UNC School of Journalism's Bisher Medal -United States Senate |
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