| 词条 | Zipp Newman |
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| name = Zipp Newman | image = | imagesize = | caption = | alttext = | birth_name = Henry Hardin Newman | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|5|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Smith Mills, Kentucky | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|3|3|1894|5|24|mf=y}} | death_place = Birmingham, Alabama | occupation = Sportswriter | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = }}Henry Hardin "Zipp" Newman (May 24, 1894 – March 3, 1977) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter. In 1919 he became the South's youngest sports editor at the Birmingham News and was to become the Dean of Southern sports writers.[1] For 44 years he was the official scorer for baseball's "AA" Southern League. Newman was a correspondent for The Sporting News for many years, and became first associated with the Birmingham News in 1912.[2] He started restricting his duties in 1959 when he became sports editor emeritus, but continued to write his column.[2] Newman was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1975, and started the institution as its first executive secretary.[3] Newman once said, "Football is a religion in the Southland, played by the boys and relived daily by their families."[4] When Travis Tidwell led Auburn defeated Alabama in 1949, Newman wrote "There has never been a sweeter Auburn victory in all the 58 years of football on the Plains than the Tigers 14-13 win over Alabama."[5] Early years"Zipp" was born on May 24, 1894 in Smith Mills, Kentucky[6] to Henry Haynes Newman and Henriette Beauregard Haynes. He came to Birmingham, Alabama at a young age. He attended Powell Elementary School, Central High School, and Birmingham-Southern College. Bibliography
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://ashof.org/index.php?submenu=media&src=directory&view=company&srctype=detail&refno=133&category=Media|title=Henry Hardin "Zipp" Newman}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Zipp}}2. ^1 {{cite news|work=The Sporting News|title=Obituaries|date=March 19, 1977|page=46}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1576|title=Alabama Sports Hall of Fame}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://southerncollegesports.com/sec_brent_081904.html|title=Previewing the 2004 SEC|author=Brent Meyer|date=August 19, 2004}} 5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywwAbetM5JMC&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=104|title=Rialto|author=John Anthony Adams}} 6. ^U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards Registration State: Alabama; Registration County: Jefferson; Roll: 1509353; Draft Board: 2. 7 : 1894 births|1977 deaths|Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham–Southern College alumni|People from Henderson County, Kentucky|Sportswriters from Alabama|Journalists from Alabama |
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