Other names Cobby Spouse Doris Mathews Role Journalist | Name Gordon Cobbledick Occupation Sports journalist | |
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Born December 31, 1898 ( 1898-12-31 ) Cleveland, Ohio Title sports editor of the Plain Dealer Family William Cobbledick, Dorn Cobbledick Died October 2, 1969, Tucson, Arizona, United States Education Case Western Reserve University | ||
Gordon Cobbledick (December 31, 1898 – October 2, 1969), was an American sports journalist and author in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a journalist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland Times from 1923 to 1964. He served as a war correspondent during World War II, and his account of the Battle of Okinawa written on V-E Day has been frequently reprinted and cited as an example of excellent war reporting. In 1947, Cobbledick became the sports editor of the Plain Dealer. His works were frequently published in The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, and Baseball Digest. In 1977, he received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers Association of America and was inducted into the "writers' wing" of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Early life
Cobbledick attended Case Western Reserve University where studied mining engineering and played football. After graduating, he became a mining engineer in Morgantown, West Virginia. While he was visiting a friend in Cleveland, an opportunity to become a writer for The Plain Dealer presented itself. Cobbledick decided to quit his mining job, and start his writing career at $25 per week. Although he began covering the police beat, he later switched to sportswriting and took over as The Plain Dealer's main sports editor.
Writing career
Cobbledick's self-proclaimed writing style was short and to the point. Some of his more popular nicknames were "Cobb" and "Cobby".