Day 134 (May 13, 2020 – 134)
Probably most people haven’t heard of Jack Zanger who was an associate editor for SPORT magazine and was a founding editor for Golf magazine as well as Ski Life magazine. This was before going into being a free-lance sportswriter and author. One of the books that Jack Zanger wrote was a biography entitled, “The Brooks Robinson Story”. This book was written after the sweep of the 1966 World Series, but mainly focuses on Brooks’ playing days in Little Rock and why he spent the first five years going back and forth between the majors and minors. As some of you know most of the shuffling from majors to minors had to do with injuries Brooks sustained while playing ball. Unfortunately, Jack died of a brain tumor at the young age of 43.
1967 “The Brooks Robinson Story” by Jack Zanger
Day 134 a Book 1967 The Brooks Robinson Story.jpg
Thought I’d include a photograph of Brooks that was used for the cover of the book, “The Brooks Robinson Story”. I think it’s likely Jack used this photo since, as mentioned above, he was associate editor for SPORT magazine.
1957 SPORT photograph taken 3-13-57
Day 134 b Photo Zanger Front.jpg
Day 134 c Photo Zanger Back.jpg