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Tom Fitzgerald
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Sure thing. Fitzgerald was one of the Boston Globe beat writers from the 1930s into the 1970s, back when the Globe had a titanic lineup of sportswriters widely regarded as the best staff anywhere, and for years was the Bruins' beat writer. (By way of comparison, the likes of Mike Lupica and Bryant Gumbel tried to get onto the Globe's sportswriting staff ... and failed.) He was the first president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association in the mid 60s
[1]. These links might help in filling out an article
[2] I've also seen a reference to "Tom Fitzgerald Sr.," and since the hockey player is a Boston-area native of the right age and with no sons named Thomas, the hockey writer just might be the father of the hockey player. Hope that's of use to you.
Ravenswing 12:37, 29 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the links. I hope to gain access to more newspaper archives and find information. I am curious if SIHR has information on him. I might just e-mail The Globe directly and ask.
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14:56, 29 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Mm, that may or may not work. When I was attempting an article for the Elizabeth Dufresne Trophy (Bruins' house award for MVP in home games), I wrote Fluto Shinzawa -- at the time the Globe's beat writer -- to see if they had any info as to the provenance of the trophy. Shinzawa was gracious enough to write back, but they had nothing; no one had any idea who Dufresne was, back 70+ years ago. Here's hoping.
Ravenswing 22:54, 29 December 2020 (UTC)reply
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