Al Stump

Al Stump
Born
Alvin John Stump

(1916-10-20)October 20, 1916
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 1995(1995-12-14) (aged 79)
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Occupation(s)Sports writer, author
SpouseJo Mosher (m. ?–1995)
Children4

Alvin John Stump (October 20, 1916 – December 14, 1995), was an American author and sports writer. Stump spent time with Detroit Tigers' Hall of Fame baseball player Ty Cobb in 1960 and 1961, collaborating on Cobb's autobiography. My Life in Baseball: A True Record was released shortly after Cobb's death. From this research, Stump went on to write at least two books and at least one magazine article on Cobb.

Cobb: The Life and Times of the Meanest Man Who Ever Played Baseball and Cobb: A Biography were followup pieces written over 30 years after Cobb died. Both books, represented by Stump as a reflection on his time with Cobb, have been alleged to be sensationalized and, in large part, fictional.[1][2]

  1. ^ William R. Cobb (2010). "The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller". In Ken Fenster; Wynn Montgomery (eds.). The National Pastime: Baseball in the Peach State (PDF). Cleveland, Ohio: Society for American Baseball Research. ISBN 9781933599168. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  2. ^ "Web article on the movie Cobb". Archived from the original on 16 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-25.