Murray Olderman

Murray Olderman (March 27, 1922 – June 10, 2020) was an American sports cartoonist and writer. His artwork often accompanied the sports stories he authored. His art also has been used by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and hung above the Hall of Fame busts. The Hall of Fame made all of the artwork digital so it must be accessed by visitors to the hall through electronic kiosks.

Early life and education Olderman was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Jennie (Steinberg), a homemaker, and Max Olderman, who worked in the garment industry. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. He also founded the NEA's All-Pro team in 1955, which ran through 1992. Olderman was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Northwestern University Medill Hall of Achievement for 2014.

Olderman was a longtime resident of Rancho Mirage, California, and died there on June 10, 2020.

Books Prentice-Hall series: The Pro Quarterbacks (1967) The Running Backs (1969) The Defenders (1980) Starr: My Life in Football, with Bart Starr (William Morrow & Co, 1987) Mingling With Lions: The Greats of Sports Up Close (Seven Locks Press, 2004) — Olderman's career as a sportswriter and the people he has met along the way. Filled with sketches. Angels in the Forest (iUniverse, Inc., 2006)— memoir written with Earl Greif about the latter's survival from a ghetto massacre during World War II and how he escaped the Holocaust Just Win, Baby—the Al Davis Story (Triumph Books, 2012) — a biography of the late owner of the Oakland Raiders A Year Apart... Letters from War-Torn Europe (Saint Johann Press, 2013) — based on letters written from Europe at the end of World War II by the author to this wife, with added commentary. The Draw of Sport (Fantagraphics, 2017) — Cartoons and sketches of more than 150 prominent sports figures by Olderman, each accompanied by an essay by Olderman, sharing his memories of them.