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William Brashler (born 1947) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for writing The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, which was published in 1973.[1][2] A film adaptation, directed by John Badham and starring Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams, was released in 1976.[3] Bingo Long was chosen as one of the top 100 sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated, in 2002.[4] The 20th anniversary edition of the book included a preface by sports historian Peter C. Bjarkman.[1]

Career

City Dogs, Brashler's next novel, was inspired by his time covering the Chicago police beat, and was favorably reviewed by Kirkus Reviews and The New York Times.[5][6] The New Yorker gave it a mixed review, however, calling it "erratically interesting," with only some of Bingo Long's "attractiveness and humor."[7]

Brashler grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and graduated from Calvin University in 1968. A collection of his papers is held at Calvin's Heritage Hall, Hekman Library.[8] Brashler is an alumnus of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.[9]

He worked as a journalist for Lerner Newspapers.[10]

Brashler coauthored Johnny Bench's 1979 autobiography.[11][12]

Books

  • The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1973)
  • City Dogs (1976)
  • The Don: The Life and Death of Sam Giancana (1977)
  • Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues (1978)
  • The Chosen Prey (1982)
  • Traders (1989)
  • The Story of Negro League Baseball (1994)

References

  1. ^ a b Brashler, William. "UI Press | William Brashler | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings: A Novel". www.press.uillinois.edu.
  2. ^ "William Brashler talks about his book "Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings"". The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archive.
  3. ^ "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings" – via www.imdb.com.
  4. ^ Illustrated, the staff of Sports. "The Top 100 Sports Books Of All Time". Vault.
  5. ^ "CITY DOGS by William Brashler | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  6. ^ "Four novels". February 29, 1976 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Feb 16, 1976". archives.newyorker.com.
  8. ^ "William Brashler Collection, 1968-1993 | Heritage Hall, Hekman Library". archives.calvin.edu.
  9. ^ notes, John Blades, Literary. "BRASHLER DEFTLY JUMPS FROM FICTION TO NON-FICTION". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Zorn, Eric. "Publisher's name is gone, not his mark". chicagotribune.com.
  11. ^ "Johnny Bench | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org.
  12. ^ Bench, Johnny (April 29, 1979). "Bench's Dilemma: To Sign or Not to Sign" – via NYTimes.com.


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