Edgar Munzel

Edgar Herman Munzel was an American sportswriter who covered baseball for the Chicago Herald-Examiner and Chicago Sun-Times from 1929 to 1973.

Biography

Munzel first worked for the Chicago Herald-Examiner part-time in 1922 at age 15. After graduating from high school in 1925, he attended Northwestern University for two years. He started working full-time for the Herald-Examiner in 1927, and began covering the Chicago White Sox in 1929. He later move to the Chicago Sun-Times and covered both the White Sox and the Chicago Cubs until retiring in October 1973. During his career, he covered 34 World Series and 36 Major [League Baseball All-Star Game]s. In his retirement, he moved to Williamsburg, Virginia.
Munzel served as president of the Baseball [Writers' Association of America] at one time, and in 1977 was voted the J. G. [Taylor Spink Award] by the organization. Munzel died in October 2002.