John B. Foster
American baseball writer, ballclub officer, and sports editor
About John B. Foster
Lived 1863 – 1941 (aged 77–78). John B. Foster was a writer and sports editor.
John Buckingham Foster (July 16, 1863 – September 29, 1941) was an American baseball writer, ballclub officer and sports editor.
Born in New York City, New York, Foster started his career as sportswriter for the New York World-Telegram.
Afterwards, Foster joined the Spalding Company, where he worked as writer and editor of the Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide from the Spalding Athletic Library collection, The Spalding Company bought out the Reach Baseball Company in 1934, but the two guides continued to be published separately until 1939. Both companies eventually merged into the Spalding-Reach Guide for two more years, before being replaced by The Sporting News Baseball Guide after the 1941 publication.
Foster died in 1941 in NY City at the age of 78.
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American baseball writer, ballclub officer, and sports editor
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John B. Foster was born in 1863.
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John B. Foster died on 29 September 1941.
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John B. Foster was a writer and sports editor.
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