Red Smith
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Red Smith was a renowned American sportswriter celebrated for his witty, literate columns and long career at major newspapers in the mid-20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Red Smith canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ sportswriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for Commentary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coveredTopic |
American football
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baseball ⓘ boxing ⓘ horse racing ⓘ |
| describedBySource | American sports media histories ⓘ |
| employer |
Milwaukee Sentinel
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New York Herald Tribune NERFINISHED ⓘ New York World-Telegram NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia Record NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis Star-Times NERFINISHED ⓘ The New York Times ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
journalism
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sports writing ⓘ |
| fullName | Walter Wellesley Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
newspaper column
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sports journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
focus on human side of sports
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literate, polished writing ⓘ witty prose style ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the greatest American sportswriters of the 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of American sportswriters ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | American baseball culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Red Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped elevate sportswriting to a respected literary form ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long career at major American newspapers
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witty and literate sports columns ⓘ |
| notableWork |
sports column for The New York Times
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sports column for the New York Herald Tribune ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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newspaper columnist ⓘ sportswriter ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Red Smith Award for outstanding sports journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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