Blinkey Horn

Blinkey Horn
Born Claude Sheetz Horn
(1885-08-28)August 28, 1885
Tennessee
Died May 20, 1937(1937-05-20) (aged 51)
Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation Sportswriter

Claude Sheetz "Blinkey" Horn (August 28, 1885 – May 20, 1937) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter, known most for his work in the Nashville Tennessean. He was a charter member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.[1] He was later inducted into the Tennessee Sports Writers Hall of Fame.[2]

Nashville Tennessean

He started at the Tennessean in 1912, held several positions such as police reporter, and in 1919 succeeded John H. Nye as sports editor.[3]

Basketball

He developed the concept of a state high school basketball tournament and prompted the newspaper to sponsor the state tournament from 1921 until 1929.[2]

Baseball

He was considered an authority on baseball,[4] who could readily pluck names and stats from memory.[3] Horn referred to the right field of Sulphur Dell as the "right center dump" for the unusual hill and its accompanying smell of the nearby city dump.[5]

Football

While passersby stopped to watch, Michigan coach Fielding Yost once diagrammed a play for Horn on the sidewalk using groceries.[6]

Death

On May 20, 1937, Horn died unexpectedly of a heart attack.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Horn, Claude S. "Blinkey"". Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Sports Writers Hall of Fame to induct former News Sentinel editor Riggs". May 4, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Noted Tennessee Sport Scrivener Called by Death". The Evening Independent. May 21, 1937.
  4. ↑ John A. Simpson. Hub Perdue: Clown Prince of the Mound. p. 261.
  5. ↑ Skip Nipper. Baseball in Nashville. p. 43.
  6. ↑ "Morris McLemore Says". The Miami News. January 13, 1951.
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