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Sam Lacy
Samuel Harold Lacy is an African American and Native American sports journalist, journalist, columnist, TV / radio editor and commentator who has worked in sports journalism for nine decades. Considered a convincing figure in the inclusive sports movement, in 1948 Lacy became one of the first black members of the American Baseball Writers Association. In 1997 he received the J. Award. The G. Taylor Spink Award for Excellence in Baseball from the BBWAA, which placed him in the Baseball Fame Hall of Fame Writers and Broadcasters group in 1998
BornSamuel Harold Lacy, October 23, 1903, Mystic, Connecticut, USA
DiedMay 8, 2003, Washington, D.C.
EducationHoward University
OccupationSportswriter, editor, TV/radio commentator
Years active1920–2003
ChildrenSamuel Howe (Tim) Lacy, Michaelyn Lacy Harris

About Sam Lacy

Journalist Sam Lacy was born in Connecticut, United States on October 23, 1903. He dies at the age of 99, on May 8, 2003.

He had a nine-decade career as a sports journalist for the Washington Tribune, the Chicago Defender, and the Baltimore NBC affiliate WBAL-TV, and was the first African-American member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

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Sam Lacy before becoming famous

Sam Lacy was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scales), and 1903 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

He received an undergraduate degree in physical education from Howard University and played semi-professional baseball before starting his journalism career.

Achievement of Sam Lacy

Throughout his career, he advocated for equal opportunity and remuneration for minorities in professional sports.

Sam Lacy's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was raised by a Native American mother and an African-American father in Connecticut and Washington, D.C. He had Samuel and Michaelyn as children from his first marriage to Roberta Robinson; he later married Barbara Robinson.

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Lacy covered the 1936 Summer Olympics and the medals earned by African-American runner Runner Jesse Owens (held in Berlin, Germany).

Sam Lacy Income & Net worth

Sam Lacy's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a journalist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Sam Lacy.

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Latest information about Sam Lacy updated on March 16 2023.