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(1904-1974) Sports columnist. Arthur Daley was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a sports columnist for The New York Times for many years. He won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished reporting and commentary in 1956.

Full Name

Arthur Daley

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1904

BIRTH

Arthur John Daley was born in New York City on July 31, 1904.

1926

OTHER

Mr. Daley attended Fordham Prep and Fordham University, graduating in 1926.

1936

LITWORK

The Story of the Olympic Games 776 B.C. - 1960 A.D.
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott

Nonfiction written with John Kieran.

1950

LITWORK

Times at Bat: Inside Baseball: A Half Century of the National Pastime
Grosset & Dunlap / Big League Baseball Library

Nonfiction.

1956

OTHER

Mr. Daley won a Pulitzer Prize for distinguished reporting and commentary in 1956.

1960

LITWORK

Knute Rockne: Football Wizard of Notre Dame
J. P. Kennedy

Nonfiction.

1962

LITWORK

Kings of the Home Run
Putnam

Nonfiction.

1963

LITWORK

Pro Football's Hall of Fame
Grosset & Dunlap

Nonfiction.

1968

LITWORK

Pageantry of Sport
Hawthorn Books

Nonfiction written with John Arlott.

1972

LITWORK

All the Home Run Kings
G. P. Putnam
0399202498 / 978-0399202490
Nonfiction.

1974

INTERMENT

Arthur Daley is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.

1974

DEATH

Arthur Daley died at Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan, New York, after collapsing on the sidewalk on West 42nd Street, on January 3, 1974.

1975

LITWORK

Sports of the Times: the Arthur Daley Years
Quadrangle / New York Times Book Company
0812904648 / 978-0812904642
Collection of columns.

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