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Jerry Green
BornJerome Frederic Green
(1928-04-15)April 15, 1928
Manhattan, New York U.S.
DiedMarch 24, 2023(2023-03-24) (aged 94)
OccupationSportswriter
SpouseNancy (died 2002)
Children1

Jerome Frederic "Jerry" Green (April 15, 1928 – March 24, 2023) was an American sports journalist and author. He was a staff writer for the Associated Press from 1956 to 1963 and for The Detroit News from 1963 to 2004. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He is the only sportswriter to have covered each of the first 56 Super Bowls, from 1967 to 2022.

Reporter

Green was a sports writer for the Associated Press from 1956 to 1963. He was hired by The Detroit News in 1963. He was a staff sports writer for The Detroit News for 41 years from 1963 until his retirement in 2004. He covered baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and other sports for the paper. Having also covered the 1957 Detroit Lions as a young reporter with the Associated Press, Green lays claim to being "the last surviving Detroit sportswriter who covered the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons and Lions championships".

Even after his retirement, Green has continued to contribute columns and to cover the Super Bowl for The Detroit News. He is the only sportswriter to cover every Super Bowl from Super Bowl I in 1967 through Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

Green’s declining health forced him to skip Super Bowl LVII.

Author

Green published several books, including histories of the Super Bowl, the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Pistons, and Michigan Wolverines football, as well as single-season books on the 1968 Detroit Tigers World Series championship team and the 1998 Denver Broncos Super Bowl championship team. Green's books include:

  • "Year of the Tiger: The Diary of Detroit's World Champions," Jerry Green (Coward-McCann, 1969)
  • "Detroit Lions," Jerry Green (Macmillan, 1973)
  • "The Detroit Pistons: Capturing a Remarkable Era," Jerry Green (Bonus Books, 1991)
  • "Super Bowl Chronicles: A Sportswriter Reflects on the First 30 Years of America's Game," Jerry Green (Masters Press, 1995)
  • "Greatest Moments in Detroit Red Wings history," Joe Falls, Jerry Green, Vartan Kupelian (Masters Press, 1997)
  • "Mile High Miracle: Elway and the Broncos, Super Bowl Champions at Last," Jerry Green (Masters Press, 1999)
  • "They Earned Their Stripes: The Detroit Tigers' All-Time Team," Detroit News (Sports Publishing LLC, 2001)
  • "University of Michigan Football Vault: The History of the Wolverines," Jerry Green (Whitman Pub Llc, 2008)

Personal life

Green was married to his wife, Nancy, until her death in 2002; they had a daughter. He was a resident of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and died on March 24, 2023, at the age of 94.

Awards

During his career with The Detroit News, Green was voted Michigan's Sportswriter of the Year 10 times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He was inducted into the "writer's wing" of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 as the recipient of the Dick McCann Memorial Award. He was also inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Green was awarded a Lifetime Member Award by the Detroit Sports Media for his long and distinguished career on June 6, 2018, in Detroit.

Selected articles by Green

See also

References

  1. Muskovitz, Alan. "The Dean of Super Bowls: Catching Up With Legendary Sportswriter Jerry Green". thejewishnews.com. The Jewish News. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  2. Shea, Bill. "Jerry Green: A Super Bowl pressbox institution still going at age 90". crainsdetroit.com. Crain Communications, Inc. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  3. Green, Jerry. "Jerry Green: For 54th Super Bowl, I'm last man standing". detroitnews.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. Shea, Bill (February 10, 2023). "The man who covered every Super Bowl: Jerry Green and the end of an epic run". The Athletic. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jerry Green, Sports Writer and Columnist". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010.
  6. Jerry Greene (February 6, 2011). "Brunch: How violent will Super Bowl be?". ESPN.com.
  7. Chet Fussman (February 1, 2005). "They've Seen Them All: Jerry Green". The Florida Times-Union.
  8. "Reporter Jerry Green's run of covering every Super Bowl to end". espn.com. ESPN. Inc. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  9. Jerry Green (1995). "Super Bowl Chronicles: A Sportswriter Reflects on the First 30 Years of America's Game". Masters Press. ISBN 1-57028-050-9.
  10. Jerry Green (1973). "Detroit Lions". Macmillan.
  11. Jerry Green (1991). The Detroit Pistons: Capturing a Remarkable Era. Bonus Books. ISBN 0-929387-57-0.
  12. Jerry Green (2008). University of Michigan Football Vault: The History of the Wolverines. Whitman Pub Llc. ISBN 978-0-7948-2299-6.
  13. Jerry Green (1969). Year of the Tiger: The Diary of Detroit's World Champions. Coward-McCann.
  14. Jerry Green (1999). Mile High Miracle: Elway and the Broncos, Super Bowl Champions at Last. Masters Press. ISBN 1-57028-210-2.
  15. ^ Paul, Tony (March 24, 2023). "Iconic Detroit News columnist Jerry Green, last to cover every Super Bowl, has died at age 94". The Detroit News. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  16. "Pro football shrine gets a new class". The Detroit News. August 7, 2005.
  17. "Hall enshrinement caps Green's career". The Detroit News. August 5, 2005.
  18. "Inductees". Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008.
  19. "Hall of Fame Inductees". Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
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