Jack Fiske - Revision history

Boxsoup at 22:32, 8 July 2015

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	==Articles==		==Articles==
	*[http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jack-Fiske-veteran-boxing-writer-Hall-of-Famer-2506003.php "Jack Fiske -- veteran boxing writer, Hall of Famer" By Tom FitzGerald, SFGate, January 25, 2006]
	*[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Longtime-Chronicle-boxing-writer-Jack-Fiske-dies-2543137.php "Longtime Chronicle boxing writer Jack Fiske dies at 88" By Tom FitzGerald, SFGate, January 24, 2006]		*[http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Longtime-Chronicle-boxing-writer-Jack-Fiske-dies-2543137.php "Longtime Chronicle boxing writer Jack Fiske dies at 88" By Tom FitzGerald, SFGate, January 24, 2006]
	*[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/30/local/me-passings30.2 "Jack Fiske, 88; S.F. Columnist Was West's 'Voice of Boxing' " ''Los Angeles Times'', January 30, 2006]		*[http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/30/local/me-passings30.2 "Jack Fiske, 88; S.F. Columnist Was West's 'Voice of Boxing' " ''Los Angeles Times'', January 30, 2006]

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-[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Quincy Finklestein in New York in 1917) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 (1950, according to other sources) to 1993. He was known for an ever-present toothpick in his mouth an keen eye for detail. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s. (He also covered hockey for many years.) He possessed a huge collection of boxing memorabilia.
+'''Jack Fiske''', a Hall of Fame boxing writer, was born Jacob Quincy Finkelstein in New York City on July 15, 1917. He served as a medic in the Army Air Corps in Australia and New Guinea during World War II. After leaving the service, Fiske attended the University of Alabama, where he studied journalism and managed the school boxing team. One member of the boxing team was George Wallace, the future four-term governor of Alabama and four-time presidential candidate. The left-wing writer and the segregationist politician couldn't have been more diametrically opposed politically, but Fiske would later praise the ring capabilities of Wallace, who won the Alabama [[Golden Gloves]] bantamweight championship in 1936 and 1937.
-Fiske served as a medic in the Army Air Force in Australia nd New Guinea during World War II. He then attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate). He worked for the ''Birmingham Post'' (Alabama), ''Newport News Daily Press'' (Virginia), ''Trentonian'' (Trenton, NJ), ''Alameda Times-Star'' and ''Richmond Independent'' before joining ''The Chronicle''.
+Fiske worked for the ''Birmingham Post'' (AL), ''Newport News Daily Press'' (VA), ''Trenton Trentonian'' (NJ), ''Alameda Times-Star'' (CA) and ''Richmond Independent'' (CA) before joining the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' in 1950.
-Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]]. He died on January 24, 2006, aged 88, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
+He would jot notes at boxing matches on a single sheet of paper, then dictate his reports to the newspaper from a pay phone. Many considered Fiske to be the premier boxing beat writer in the United States.
-*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists) in 2003.
+"The Punching Bag," Fiske's twice-weekly (Tuesday and Saturday) column for the ''Chronicle'', was one of the most circularized boxing columns in the world and was regarded as the most consistent daily source of boxing news in the United States.
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	[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Quincy Finklestein in New York in 1917) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 (1950, according to other sources) to 1993. He was known for an ever-present toothpick in his mouth an keen eye for detail. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s. (He also covered hockey for many years.) He possessed a huge collection of boxing memorabilia.		[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Quincy Finklestein in New York in 1917) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 (1950, according to other sources) to 1993. He was known for an ever-present toothpick in his mouth an keen eye for detail. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s. (He also covered hockey for many years.) He possessed a huge collection of boxing memorabilia.

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	*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.		[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Quincy Finklestein in New York in 1917) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 (1950, according to other sources) to 1993. He was known for an ever-present toothpick in his mouth an keen eye for detail. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s. (He also covered hockey for many years.) He possessed a huge collection of boxing memorabilia.
	*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).
	*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].		Fiske served as a medic in the Army Air Force in Australia nd New Guinea during World War II. He then attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate). He worked for the ''Birmingham Post'' (Alabama), ''Newport News Daily Press'' (Virginia), ''Trentonian'' (Trenton, NJ), ''Alameda Times-Star'' and ''Richmond Independent'' before joining ''The Chronicle''.
	*Died January 24, 2006, aged 88.
	*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).		Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]]. He died on January 24, 2006, aged 88, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

			*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists) in 2003.

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2009-03-19T21:20:39Z

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	*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.		*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.
	*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).		*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).
	*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].		*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].
	*Died January 24, 2006, aged 88.		*Died January 24, 2006, aged 88.
	*Elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."
	*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).		*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).

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	[[Category:2006 Deaths~~\|Fiske, Jack~~]]		[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
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Ric at 01:09, 25 January 2006

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	*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, ~~was~~ circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.		*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, were circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.
	*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).		*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).
	*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].		*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].

Ric: expanded

2006-01-24T21:39:05Z

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	*[[Jack Fiske]] was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from ~~the late 1940s~~ to ~~the early 1990s~~. For a number of decades Fiske's boxing ~~column~~, packed with boxing scoops, was circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].		*[[Jack Fiske]] (born Jacob Finklestein in New York) was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from 1947 to 1993. For a number of decades Fiske's Tuesday and Saturday boxing columns, packed with boxing scoops, was circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. He left the ''Chronicle'' in 1993, but continued writing columns for [[Virgil Thrasher\|Virgil Thrasher's]] ''[[Professional Boxing Update]]'' trade journal until the late 1990s.
	*Died January 24, 2006.		*Attended Alabama University, where he studied journalism and was manager of the boxing team (one of the team members was a featherweight named [[George Wallace]], later Alabama governor and Presidential candidate).
			*Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].
			*Died January 24, 2006, aged 88.
	*Elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."		*Elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."
	*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).		*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).

Ric: expanded, based upon Chuck's Forum post

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	*Fiske was ~~elected~~ into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."		*[[Jack Fiske]] was a boxing scribe for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. For a number of decades Fiske's boxing column, packed with boxing scoops, was circulated widely in the American boxing community in the days before the Internet. As a result, Fiske was regarded by some people as the premier boxing beat writer in the United States. Fiske was the last of a long line of great boxing writers in San Francisco, which included [[Bill Naughton]], [[Marlan Salazar]], [[Harry B. Smith]], and [[Eddie Muller]].
	*~~He was also inducted~~ into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).		*Died January 24, 2006.
			*Elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."
			*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).

	[[Category:Boxing Media\|Fiske, Jack]]		[[Category:Boxing Media\|Fiske, Jack]]
	[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Fiske, Jack]]		[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Fiske, Jack]]
	[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members\|Fiske, Jack]]		[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members\|Fiske, Jack]]
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Ric at 04:18, 21 July 2005

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	Fiske was elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."		*Fiske was elected into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] as both an "Observer" and "Non-participant."
			*He was also inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Writers & Historians & Photo Journalists).

			[[Category:Boxing Media\|Fiske, Jack]]
	[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Fiske, Jack]]		[[Category:IBHOF Members\|Fiske, Jack]]
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Ric: update

2005-07-19T00:31:08Z

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