Frank Deford - Awards and Accomplishments

Awards and Accomplishments

  • Member of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame
  • Six-time U.S. Sportswriter of the Year winner
  • Twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review
  • National Magazine Award recipient for 1999 Sports Illustrated article on Bill Russell
  • Peabody Award recipient for writer on 1999 HBO documentary "Dare to Compete"
  • Christopher Award winner
  • University of Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism
  • Winner of a 1988 Emmy Award for his work as a writer during the Seoul Olympics
  • Winner of a CableACE in 1994 for writing the HBO Sports documentary Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
  • Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism recipient in 2003
  • Received ten honorary degrees, most recently in 2011 from Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.
  • 2012 Denver Press Club, Damon Runyon Award Recipient

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