Frank Deford (born Benjamin Franklin Deford III on December 16, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American sportswriter and novelist.
In addition to his 50-year tenure at Sports Illustrated, where he now holds the title of Senior Contributing Writer, Deford appears regularly on National Public Radio and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO. He has written 16 books. Named Sportswriter of the Year six times, Deford was twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review. In 2012 he became the first magazine-writer recipient of the Red Smith Award. He is a long-time advocate for research and treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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