Frank Graham (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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New York sportswriter
Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1893
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, United States
Date of Death: 09-Mar-1965
Profession: sportswriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Frank Graham (writer)
- Frank Graham Sr.
- (November 12, 1893 – March 9, 1965) was an American sportswriter and biographer.
- He covered sports in New York for the New York Sun from 1915 to 1943 and for the New York Journal-American from 1945 to 1965.
- He was also a successful author, writing biographies of politician Al Smith and athletes Lou Gehrig and John McGraw, as well as histories of the New York Yankees, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.
- Graham's writing style was notable for his use of lengthy passages of "unrelieved dialogue" in developing portraits of the persons about whom he wrote.
- Graham was posthumously inducted into the "writers wing" of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1972.
- He was also posthumously honored in 1997 by the Boxing Writers Association of America with its highest honor, the A.J.
- Liebling Award.
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