 Born in Denton, North Carolina, on
November 4, 1918, sportswriting legend Furman Bisher has been named
Georgia Sportswriter of the Year 19 times, and has had his work
anthologized in "Best Sports Story of the Year" 23 times. His
career began in 1938, at the Lumberton Voice, where he became
editor by age 20. From the Voice he moved to the Highpoint Enterprise, before
becoming an editor at the Charlotte News in 1940. Then in
1950, Bisher moved to Atlanta taking the Sports Editors job at the
Atlanta Constitution. In
1957, Bisher moved to the Atlanta
Journal, and Sunday
Journal Constitution where he worked until his retirement in
2009. However, in 2010, Bisher came out of retirement to work as a
columnist for the Gwinnett Daily
Post. During his career, Bisher was also a columnist for the
Sporting News; wrote
articles for Sports
Illustrated, The Saturday
Evening Post, and other national publications; and authored
a number of books, including Hank Aaron's biography. For his
outstanding contributions to journalism he received the Red Smith
Award in 1989, and has been inducted into both the Atlanta Sports
Hall of Fame, and the International Golf Writers Hall of Fame.
Bisher was inducted into the National Sportscasters and
Sportswriters Hall of Fame on April 24, 1989. |