Joe Falls

Joe Falls

Joseph Francis Falls (May 2 1928 - August 11 2004) was an American journalist. He began his career in his native New York City. At the age of 17 in 1945, he took a job as a copyboy for the Associated Press. After an apprenticeship of eight years, Falls moved to the Detroit bureau of the AP.

In Detroit, Falls flourished. He was hired by the "Detroit Times" in 1956 to cover the Detroit Tigers. He continued on the Tigers' beat with the "Detroit Free Press" from 1960 to 1978. His final move was to the "Detroit News" where he was a columnist and eventually Sports Editor.

During his career, Falls also had a weekly column in "The Sporting News". It is said many young writers were so taken by his writing they wanted to become sportswriters.

Falls won several awards during his career. In 2001, he won the J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame. After his retirement in 2003, he was named to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Falls died of complications from diabetes and heart failure at age 76 in Detroit.

External links

* [http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/spink_bios/falls_joe.htm Baseball Hall of Fame - Spink Award recipient]
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