Fuzzy Woodruff | |
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| Born | Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff May 27, 1884 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 1929 (aged 45) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sportswriter |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
Lorenzo Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff (May 27, 1884 – December 7, 1929)[1] was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known throughout most of the southeast for his vivid writing.[2] He was also a music and drama critic. He began his newspaper career as a member of the Montgomery Advertiser in 1907.[3] Among the newspapers he served were the Birmingham News, the Birmingham Age-Herald, the New Orleans States, the Mobile Register, the New York Evening World, the Chicago Inter-Ocean, the Chicago Examiner, the St. Louis Dispatch, the Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Georgian, and the Atlanta Journal.[4]
- ^ "Alabama Authors".
- ^ "Fuzzy Woodruff Dies In Atlanta Hospital". The Palm Beach Post. December 7, 1929.
- ^ ""Fuzzy" Woodruff Dies In Atlanta". St. Petersburg Times. December 9, 1929.
- ^ "Death Ends 22 Years Of Newspaper Labor". The Tuscaloosa News. December 8, 1929.