Tom Fitzgerald | |
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| Born | April 6, 1912 Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | October 11, 1983 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Employer | The Boston Globe |
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Thomas Joseph Fitzgerald (April 6, 1912 – October 11, 1983) was an American sports journalist. He worked for The Boston Globe, reported regularly on the Boston Bruins for more than 30 years, and wrote as a golf correspondent for the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open. He was the first president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and the first sportswriter to receive the Lester Patrick Trophy for service to ice hockey in the United States. He was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee for ten years and was the first journalist to be chairman of the committee. His hockey journalism career was posthumously recognized with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame.