Tommy Holmes (sportswriter)
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BornNovember 5, 1903
DiedMarch 25, 1975 (aged 71)
Brooklyn, New York
OccupationsSportswriter & author
Yearsactive1924–1957
Tommy Holmes | |
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| Born | November 5, 1903 |
| Died | March 25, 1975 (aged 71) Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupations | Sportswriter & author |
| Years active | 1924–1957 |
| Awards | J. G. Taylor Spink Award |
Thomas Holmes (November 5, 1903 – March 25, 1975)[1] was an American sports writer who covered the Brooklyn Dodgers for the Brooklyn Eagle and the New York Herald-Tribune, from 1924 to 1957.
Holmes, who only had one arm, died in March 1975 at age 71.[2][3]
He was posthumously awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), announced in 1979 and bestowed in 1980.[4]
- Holmes, Tommy (1953). Dodger Daze and Knights. David McKay Publications. ASIN B0007DSQVU.
- Meany, Tom; Holmes, Tommy (1964). Baseball's Best: The All-Time Major League Baseball Team. Franklin Watts. ASIN B0006BM6OG.
- Holmes, Tommy (1975). The Dodgers. Macmillan Publishers. ASIN B000O95R28.
