Frank Deford Biography

Fast Facts

• His novel "The Entitled" is considered by many to be the best novel about baseball ever written
• Was named America's finest sportswriter by the American Journalism Review and has twice been recognized as the Washington Journalism Review's Magazine Writer of the Year
• Served as the chairman for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for sixteen years
• Was elected to the National Association of Sportscaster and Sportswriters Hall of Fame
• Graduated from Princeton University in 1962 and has taught American Studies there
• Began writing for "Sports Illustrated" in 1962 and is now a Senior Contributing Writer
• Is a commentator on the Wednesday Morning Edition of National Public Radio and the Senior Correspondent on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel․"
• Best known as a novelist and sportswriter who has written seventeen books
• His historical novels include "Bliss, Remembered," "An American Summer," "The Other Adonis," and "Love and Infamy․"
• Two of his books have been turned into movies: "Everybody's All-American," a novel, and "Alex: The Life of a Child," a memoir about his daughter