Jim Murray (sportswriter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Murray (sportswriter)

American journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1919

Place of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1998

Profession: journalist, sportswriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

James Patrick Murray (December 29, 1919 – August 16, 1998) was an American sportswriter.
He worked at the Los Angeles Times from 1961 until his death in 1998, and his column was nationally syndicated.Among his many achievements was winning the NSSA's Sportswriter of the Year award an astounding 14 times (12 of those consecutively).
In 1990, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his 1989 columns, and the Baseball Hall of Fame awarded him the J.
G.
Taylor Spink Award in 1987.
Cited as an influence by countless sports journalists, Murray was a fixture at the L.A.
Times for 37 years. After he won the Pulitzer in 1990, Murray modestly said he thought the prize winner should have had "to bring down a government or expose major graft or give advice to prime ministers.
Correctly quoting Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda shouldn't merit a Pulitzer Prize." He was offered $1 million to join The National Sports Daily, but declined.