Milton Gross

Milton Gross (February 13, 1912 – May 9, 1973) was an American sportswriter and author best known for his nationally syndicated column in the New York Post.

Born in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, Gross attended Thomas Jefferson High School where he played basketball. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and then earned a master's degree in economics at Columbia University. In 1933, he became a newspaper reporter, beginning his career at The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, where he specialized in baseball, covering The Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox.

In 1937, he moved to the New York Post and became a beat reporter covering the New York Yankees. After serving in the United States Army and the Coast Guard during World War Two, he returned to the Post, and also wrote freelance articles for the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, Sport, Sporting News and other national magazines. He wrote Yankee Doodles, a 1948 book about the baseball team. Gross died due to agranulocytosis on May 9, 1973, and was survived by his wife and two children.