Bob Cooke
Bob Cooke (Sports editor. Born, Paterson, NJ, Feb. 24, 1912; died, Riverhead, NY, May 7, 1987.) A hockey player at Yale, Robert B. Cooke became a baseball writer in 1938, covering mainly the Brooklyn...
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Joan Payson (Baseball. Born, New York, NY, Feb. 5, 1903; died, New York, NY, Oct. 4, 1975.) A lifelong fan of baseball and horse racing, Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson could afford to indulge her...
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Jock Whitney (Polo and thoroughbred racing. Born, Ellsworth, ME, Aug. 17, 1904; died, Manhasset, NY, Feb. 8, 1982.) A polo star, successful racing stable owner, backer of plays and movies, newspaper...
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