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| Born | Mary Ellen Garber April 16, 1916 |
| Died | September 21, 2008 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
Mary Ellen Garber (April 16, 1916 – September 21, 2008) was an American sportswriter, who was a pioneer among women sportswriters. She received over 40 writing awards and numerous honors in a sports-writing career that spanned seven decades, the most prestigious of which was the 2005 Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) Red Smith Award. Garber, the first woman to win the APSE award, also became the first woman to be inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2002.[1]
- ^ "Winston-Salem Sportsmen's Club". Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.