Francis Rosa

Francis James Rosa (November 7, 1920 – January 4, 2012) was an American sports journalist. He worked for The Boston Globe from 1949 to 1991, became the paper's morning sports editor in 1966, and helped build it into a leading sports publisher. He covered the Boston Bruins during their Stanley Cup championships in 1970 and 1972, and was considered "one of the family" by team general manager Harry Sinden. Rosa received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in recognition of his journalism from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.

Early life and education Francis James Rosa was born on November 7, 1920, in Boston, to Charles Rosa and Eustachia Calamaria. His father was a barber, and both parents were immigrants from Italy. Rosa was the youngest child of five, was a paperboy as a youth, and began working with The Boston Globe as a copy boy in the sports department prior to World War II. He served as president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from 1981 to 1985. He received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987, in recognition of his hockey journalism as selected by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. He had also received the Eastern College Athletic Conference Media Award prior to 1987.