Frank Deford

Birth Name:

Benjamin Franklin Deford

Birth Place:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor

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

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