Bob Broeg

Robert William Patrick Broeg (March 18, 1918 – October 28, 2005) was an American sportswriter and newspaper editor who covered the St. Louis Cardinals for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for forty years.

Biography

Early life Broeg was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1936 and the University of Missouri before entering the United States Marines. He served in Washington as a result of an eye injury suffered at birth. and then the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1945. He was reportedly the most prolific writer in the history of the Post-Dispatch.

Broeg is known for coining the nickname "Stan the Man" for Cardinal baseball player Stan Musial,

Broeg published 20 books on sports.

Broeg was named to the board of directors of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, a position he held for 28 years. He was awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in 1979. He was elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 1997. 1979 Cooperstown Baseball Writers Hall of Fame 1979 J. G. Taylor Spink Award – National Baseball Hall of Fame 1997 Sportswriters & Sportscasters Hall of Fame 1998 National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame

Selected works

Ol' Mizzou: A Story of Missouri Football. Strode, 1974. The Pilot Light and the Gas House Gang. Bethany Press, 1980. My Baseball Scrapbook. River City Publishers, 1983. Bob Broeg's Redbirds: A Century Of Cardinals' Baseball. River City Publishers, 1987. Baseball from a Different Angle. With William J. Miller. Diamond Communications, 1988. The Story of Stan Musial. The Sporting News, 1971. The St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia. With Jerry Vickery. Masters Press, 1998. Bob Broeg: Memories of a Hall of Fame Sportswriter. Sports Publishing LLC, 1995.