William Nack

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William Nack was an American sportswriter and author best known for his definitive biography of the racehorse Secretariat.

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instanceOf human
sportswriter
awardReceived Eclipse Award for Outstanding Magazine Writing NERFINISHED
basedIn New York City
Washington, D.C.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredTopic American football
baseball
boxing
horse racing
dateOfBirth 1941-02-04
dateOfDeath 2018-04-13
educatedAt University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer Newsday NERFINISHED
Sports Illustrated NERFINISHED
familyName Nack NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork horse racing history
sports journalism
genre non-fiction
sports writing
givenName William
hasGender male
influenced sportswriters covering horse racing
languageOfWorkOrName English
name William Nack NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor biography of the racehorse Secretariat
notableWork My Turf: Horses, Boxers, Blood Money, and the Sporting Life NERFINISHED
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion NERFINISHED
occupation author
journalist
sportswriter
placeOfBirth Evanston, Illinois, United States of America NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States of America NERFINISHED
subjectOf obituaries in major American newspapers
wroteAbout Ruffian NERFINISHED
Secretariat NERFINISHED

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Secretariat basedOnAuthor William Nack
subject surface form: Secretariat (2010 film)