Edgar Munzel

Edgar Herman Munzel (January 14, 1907 – October 4, 2002) was an American sportswriter who covered baseball for the "Chicago Herald-Examiner" and "Chicago Sun-Times" from 1929 to 1973.
Biography.
Munzel first worked for the "Chicago Herald-Examiner" part-time in 1922 at age 15. After graduating from high school in 1925, he attended Northwestern University for two years. He started working full-time for the "Herald-Examiner" in 1927, and began covering the Chicago White Sox in 1929. He later move to the "Chicago Sun-Times" and covered both the White Sox and the Chicago Cubs until retiring in October 1973. During his career, he covered 34 World Series and 36 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. In his retirement, he moved to Williamsburg, Virginia.
Munzel served as president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) at one time, and in 1977 was voted the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the organization. He was honored in ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in August 1978. Munzel died in October 2002.