April 15, 2014

"The unofficial king of sports paperbacks", Zander Hollander,: died at 91.

Before televised sports were pervasive and the Internet a nonstop gusher of sports trivia, Mr. Hollander found a niche in the market by annually providing statistics, team rosters, records, schedules and predictions for the coming season in the form of brick-size tomes he titled "Complete Handbooks."

posted by yerfatma to culture at 09:48 AM - 1 comment

Cool story. His role in helping Howard Cosell get his start in sports broadcasting would once have been met with the question "why the hell did you do that?"

posted by rcade at 10:58 AM on April 15, 2014

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