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American sportswriter
Sheldon Ocker (born August 1942) is an American
sportswriter.
Ocker attended
Buchtel High School in
Akron, Ohio, graduating in 1960. He attended
Ohio State University, and graduated with a degree in
political science in 1964.
[1] He worked for one year at the
Sandusky Register, and was hired by the
Akron Beacon Journal in 1967.
[2] For the Beacon Journal, he covered high school sports for three years,
[1] the
Cleveland Cavaliers for ten years, and covered the
Cleveland Indians from 1981 through 2013.
[3] He was the President of the
Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1985. Ocker was named the 2018 winner of the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award.
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References
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b Beaven, Michael (December 13, 2017).
"Former Beacon Journal Indians beat reporter Sheldon Ocker headed to Hall of Fame as winner of J.G. Taylor Spink Award".
Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from
the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via
Wayback Machine.
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^ Akron Beacon Journal Staff (April 7, 2010).
"Sheldon Ocker bio".
Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from
the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via
Wayback Machine.
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"Sheldon Ocker, Cleveland Indians long-time beat writer, wins J.G. Spink award". cleveland.com. December 12, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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"Sheldon Ocker wins Hall of Fame's Spink Award". USA Today. Associated Press. December 12, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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"Sheldon Ocker wins Hall of Fame's J.G. Taylor Spink Award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 12, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
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^ Lewis, Ryan (July 28, 2018).
"Baseball Hall of Fame: Former Beacon Journal writer Sheldon Ocker honored with J.G. Taylor Spink Award". Ohio.com (Akron Beacon Journal). Retrieved June 12, 2019.