Bill Corum, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bill Corum

sportswriter

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1895

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1958

Profession: journalist, sports commentator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Bill Corum

  • Martene Windsor "Bill" Corum" (July 20, 1895 – December 16, 1958) was a sports columnist for the New York Evening Journal and the New York Journal-American, a radio and television sportscaster, and racetrack executive.
  • He served as president of Churchill Downs for nine years, and is widely credited for coining the term "Run for the Roses" to describe the Kentucky Derby.

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