Edward Earl Fitzgerald (September 10, 1919 - February 11, 2001) was a sports journalist, editor of Sport magazine, executive in chief of the Book of the Month Club, founder of the Quality Paperback Book Club, president of the books division at Doubleday Publishing, and president of McCall's Magazine Group. He was also an author of sports biographies. His own memoirs include A Nickel an Inch: An Autobiography, and That Place in Minnesota.
Fitzgerald built himself a good reputation during his time as editor of Sport magazine during the 1950s. After he moved on to become president of Doubleday books, he continued to work editing and writing. He helped Yogi Berra write Berra's autobiography which Doubleday published. He also co-wrote with tennis player Althea Gibson, sportscaster Mel Allen, and football player Johnny Unitas on their autobiographies.
Tales for males, New York : Cadillac Pub. Co., 1945Kick-off!, New York : Bantam Books, 1948The turning point, New York : A.S. Barnes, 1948College slugger, New York : A.S. Barnes, 1950Yankee rookie, New York : Barnes, 1952The book of major league baseball clubs, New York, A.S. Barnes, 1952The book of major league baseball clubs: The American league, New York, A.S. Barnes & Co., 1952The book of major league baseball clubs: The National league, New York, A.S. Barnes and Co., 1952A treasury of sport stories; the best articles, New York, Bartholomew House, 1955Champions in sports and spirit, New York, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956The ballplayer, : A.S. Barnes and Co., 1957I always wanted to be Somebody . . . Edited by Ed. Fitzgerald, by Althea Gibson; Ed Fitzgerald, W.H. Allen: London, 1959More champions in sports and spirit, New York, Vision Books, 1959Heroes of sport, New York : Bartholomew House, 1960Johnny Unitas : the amazing success story of Mr. Quarterback, New York : Nelson, 1961Yogi: The Autobiography of a Baseball Player, by Yogi Berra and Ed Fitzgerald, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1961You can't beat the hours; a long, loving look at big-league baseball, including some Yankees I have known, New York, Harper & Row, 1964Pro quarterback, my own story, by Johnny Unitas; Ed Fitzgerald, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1965A nickel an inch : a memoir, New York : Atheneum, 1985That place in Minnesota : changing lives, saving lives, New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1990One Giant leap, New York : Putnam's, 1991