Furman Bisher
Illustrated biography of Furman Bisher (1917-2012)
Newspaperman, Sports Columnist, World War II Veteran
Newspaperman, Sports Columnist, World War II Veteran
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Lot 469 - 1996 Jerry Ford Invitational duffelbag
Lot 539 - 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla duffelbag
Lot 598 - 1990s Master's golf bag cover
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Lot 469 - 1996 Jerry Ford Invitational duffelbag
Lot 539 - 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla duffelbag
Lot 598 - 1990s Master's golf bag cover
Lot 700 - The Player's Championship briefcase
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Furman attended every Kentucky Derby from 1950 until 2007.
See some of his horse racing memorabilia!
See some of his horse racing memorabilia!
This site aims to explore the secrets of Furman's professional success, his roles in sports and regional histories, and the drama that swirled around him.
This site also aims to display and sell some of the memorabilia Furman accumulated (see Furman's Memorabilia for Sale).
This site also aims to display and sell some of the memorabilia Furman accumulated (see Furman's Memorabilia for Sale).
New on this website!
Baseball Memorabilia - Added 1913 Comiskey Park Official Score Book
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame induction, December 2018 (see Accomplishments / Awards & Honors / Georgia Writers Hall of Fame). What an honor to be recognized alongside great honorees like President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, Margaret Mitchell, Joel Chandler Harris, Pat Conroy, Henry Grady and other luminaries...
1940s Rising Star - Added recently discovered 1948 photo of Furman with Byron Nelson and Jimmy D'Angelo.
1942-1945 Midway Island (see Life and Times / 1940s World War)
Midway Mirror newspaper & random documents from Furman's Pacific idyll.
Baseball Memorabilia - Added 1913 Comiskey Park Official Score Book
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame induction, December 2018 (see Accomplishments / Awards & Honors / Georgia Writers Hall of Fame). What an honor to be recognized alongside great honorees like President Jimmy Carter, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, Margaret Mitchell, Joel Chandler Harris, Pat Conroy, Henry Grady and other luminaries...
1940s Rising Star - Added recently discovered 1948 photo of Furman with Byron Nelson and Jimmy D'Angelo.
1942-1945 Midway Island (see Life and Times / 1940s World War)
Midway Mirror newspaper & random documents from Furman's Pacific idyll.
Maybe in years to come...
Furman Bisher finished second in polling for the 2015 J.G. Taylor Spink Award, which is honored with a “Scribes & Mikemen” exhibit in the Library of the National Baseball Hall of Fame! Let's hope he gets his due sometime this century...
Told you so...
Furman Bisher harped on today's issues in sports a generation ago!
In the early 1960s... violence and serious injuries in football.
In the early 1970s... skyrocketing sports salaries... and costs.
In the early 1960s... violence and serious injuries in football.
In the early 1970s... skyrocketing sports salaries... and costs.
Some quotes & notes:
"Without Bisher, Atlanta might have been Birmingham... He is, on the record, high among the most influential Georgians of the 20th century. Over the past 50 years he has put more quality words on American newsprint than any journalist, sports or otherwise."
-Jim Minter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Here’s to you Mr. Bisher. Your greatness has influenced and inspired a countless number of would-be sports journalists like myself." -Chris Bridges, Walton Tribune "The good ones, the outstanding writers, are those who can see the color, the personalities and their relationships, the amusing and interesting sidelights and can tell about them in the good earthy prose the sports follower understands and appreciates. I mean fellows like [Grantland] Rice, [Ring] Lardner, [Damon] Runyon, [John] Kieran, to name a few. Furman Bisher certainly qualifies. He has the touch."
-Bing Crosby |
"Before news traveled with the speed of a Tweet, Furman Bisher painted pictures for us. He wrote with a voice. When he was revved up about a topic, and that was
more often than not, the words jumped off the page. It was as if he was sitting next to you, talking into your ear." -Jeff Schultz, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "There have been certain staples and traditions that have always reminded me that I am at the Masters. One of those has been Furman Bisher." -Jack Nicklaus "There never will be another Furman Bisher." -Jack Nicklaus "Swimming was invented when Furman came to his first toll bridge." -Edwin Pope, Miami Herald "Furman was a notorious penny-pincher, a miser, really... Shortly after we'd been Furman's house guests [in the days before cell phones], he sent us a $19 invoice for my wife's long distance phone call to her elderly mom on Christmas. But we loved him anyway."
-anonymous houseguest |
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