Art spander biography
- Arthur Melvin Spander is an American sports writer.
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- Art Spander is an award-winning American sports writer who has attended 63 consecutive Rose Bowl Games and covered the last 53 as a journalist.
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Art Spander is an award-winning American sports writer. In 1999 he was awarded the McCann Award, earning him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 2007 he was honored with the Masters Major Achievement Award and in 2009 was given the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Spander began his career as a news writer for United Press International in Los Angeles in 1960, and started writing sports full time in 1963 for the Santa Monica Outlook where he was the beat writer for the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1965 he moved to the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered golf, football, baseball and basketball. Spander became the lead sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner in 1979.
As of 2009, Spander had covered 43 consecutive Masters tournaments, 33 Super Bowls, 40 U.S. Open golf tournaments, 29 British Open golf tournaments, 25 Wimbledons and 26 NCAA men’s basketball Final Fours. He has also attended 56 consecutive Rose Bowls — initially as a spectator and vendor, and the last 46 as a journalist.
In addition to his newspaper/
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Art Spander
American sports writer
Arthur Melvin Spander is an American sports writer. He is a free-lance columnist for the San Francisco Examiner.
In 1999, he was awarded the McCann Award, earning him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and in 2007 he was honored with the Masters Major Achievement Award.
Spander began his career as a news writer for United Press International in Los Angeles in 1960, and started writing sports full-time in 1963 for the Santa Monica Outlook where he was the beat writer for the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Dodgers and covered UCLA and USC football and basketball. In 1965 he moved to the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered golf, football, baseball and basketball. Spander became the lead sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner in 1979.
Spander has covered 50 consecutive Masters Tournaments, 40 Super Bowls, 47 U.S. Open golf tournaments, 36 Open Championships, 33 Wimbledons, 20 US Open tennis tournaments, and the NCAA men's Final Four 34 times. He has also attended 67 consecutive Rose Bowl Games, initially as a spectat
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Art Spander Born: ~1938 in San Francisco, California area. Residence: Oakland Hills, California near San Francisco. --Biographical information from: Compiled from various sources. |
Arthur Melvin Spander is an award-winning American sports writer for over 40 years. He was a columnist for the Oakland Tribune/MediaNews and the American columnist for the Scotland Sunday Herald, the London-based Daily Telegraph and writes for 2 sports websites. In 1999 he was awarded the McCann Award, earning him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and in 2007 he was honored with the Masters Major Achievement Award. Spander has been a fixture on local sports pages for more than three decades.
Spander began his career as a news writer for United Press International in Los Angeles in 1960, and started writing sports full time in 1963 for the Santa Monica Outlook where he was the beat writer for the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Dodgers and covered UCLA and USC football and basketball. In 1965 he moved to the San Francisco Chronicle, where
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