Trachtenberg, Leo

Author, including The Wonder Team: The True Story of the Incomparable 1927 New York Yankees. Most of Mr. Trachtenberg’s adult career was spent as a director/producer/writer of documentary films for social service agencies, government, and industry. As specialists in high-speed, slow-motion photography, he and his associates did important film work that led to the adoption of the air bag. His films are in use all over the world; many are award winners.

After 35 years of production, he retired from filmmaking and devoted himself to writing.

In 1983 he wrote his initial baseball article for Yankees Magazine, the first of over one hundred baseball features he had published. Most of his contributions were about Yankee history, but he also wrote articles about his many interviews with current and retired ballplayers, as well as off-beat, human interest pieces. In addition, Mr. Trachtenberg wrote special essays for the Yankee Yearbooks; other baseball history essays have appeared in Baseball History Magazine, and the National Pastime.