Mel Durslag
Mel Durslag | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 29, 1921 |
| Died | July 17, 2016 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
Melvin Durslag (April 29, 1921 – July 17, 2016) was an American sportswriter.
Durslag began writing for the Los Angeles Herald-Express in 1939, while he was a senior at Los Angeles High School, and joined the staff full-time in 1940, while he was a freshman at the University of Southern California.[1] He wrote a sports column for Hearst papers in Los Angeles beginning in 1952 and had a long career at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. In 1989, after the Herald-Examiner went out of business, he joined the Los Angeles Times.[2] He retired in 1991.[1] Durslag contributed an essay on Walter Alston to I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad.
He also wrote a column for many years for TV Guide.[citation needed]
Durslag was elected into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2000 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3] He was named a finalist for the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in the 2014 balloting.[4]
Durslag died after a brief illness on July 17, 2016, at Berkley East Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica, California.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Long-time Herald Examiner columnist Melvin Durslag dies at 95". July 19, 2016.
- ^ "\o7 Melvin Durslag, veteran Los Angeles sports columnist... - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. November 22, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".
- ^ "AJC's Furman Bisher among Baseball Hall of Fame finalists". www.ajc.com. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
External links
- "1995 - Mel Durslag". NSSA. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.