Sy Sanborn
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| Born |
Irving Ellis Sanborn November 28, 1866 Albany, Vermont |
| Died | July 18, 1934 (aged 67) Canandaigua, New York |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Years active | 1889–1920 |
| Organization |
The Springfield Union News (1889–1900) The Chicago Tribune (1900–1920) |
| Awards | Honor Rolls of Baseball (1946) |
Irving Ellis Sanborn (November 28, 1866 – July 18, 1934) was an American sports writer. He was familiarly known as Sy Sanborn.
Sanborn was one of the most renowned baseball journalists in the early days of the 20th century. He was featured writer at the Springfield Union News for twelve years, before joining the Chicago Tribune during more than two decades. In addition, Sanborn was one of the organizers of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, being one of the forty-three founding members of that organization established in 1908.
Born in Albany, Vermont, Sanborn was the son of Albert J. Sanborn and Caroline C. Stockwell, being a descendant from a line of New England educators. After his father's death he pursued a career as a college professor, as he went through his preliminary schooling at St. Johnsbury and then attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1889, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and Phi Beta Kappa Society honors.
Immediately after his graduation from Dartmouth, Sanborn was assured of a teaching position at a school near Boston as soon as the fall term began. He then accepted a temporary job in the Springfield Union of Massachusetts, issuing baseball articles and serving as chief editor on all matters pertaining to sports in the newspaper. At this point, he enjoyed the work so well that he stayed with it and decided to specialize in sports journalism.
By then, Yale and Harvard universities had selected the city of Springfield as neutral ground for playing their baseball and football matches. Sanborn was assigned to cover these events. After that Springfield entered a baseball team into the original Eastern League, and Sanborn was given the job of reporting the games.
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