Dick Jemison

Not to be confused with Dick Jamieson.
Dick Jemison
BornRichard Stubbs Jemison
(1886-09-19)September 19, 1886
Macon, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 1965(1965-01-09) (aged 78)
Xenia, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationSportswriter

Richard Stubbs Jemison (September 19, 1886 – January 9, 1965) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who was for eleven years the sporting editor of the Atlanta Constitution.[1][2][3] He wrote extensively on baseball and football, picking many an All-Southern team. Supposedly, he was the first sports editor to include batting stats in his newspaper column.[citation needed] For two years he was president of the Georgia–Alabama League.[4]

Jemison himself was an avid golfer, basketball player, and bowler.[5]

  1. ^ "Sport Writer And Photographer Constitution". Athens Banner. October 26, 1916. p. 1.
  2. ^ Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar. Vol. 1. 1917. p. 167.
  3. ^ "Constitution's Sporting Editor on Rose's Trophy Commission To Judge Most Valuable Player" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. April 12, 1914. p. 16 A.
  4. ^ "Americus Boosts New Head of Georgia State League" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. January 24, 1915.
  5. ^ Oscar Bane Keeler (1925). The Autobiography of an Average Golfer. p. 162.