Kieran, John, 1892-1981

Writer - New York, New York;1973 BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner; John Francis Kieran (August 2, 1892 – December 10, 1981) was an American author, journalist, amateur naturalist and radio and television personality. During his 1927–1943 tenure as The Times' senior sports columnist, he was profiled in the January 9, 1939, issue of Time magazine, which described him as "short, wiry, grey, bristly and brilliant".'-- Wikipedia