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'Furman Bisher' (born November 4, 1918) is a sports columnist for the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', where he once served as sports editor, and is a columnist for ''The Sporting News''. Bisher has written for ''Sports Illustrated'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'', and many other national publications.
Bisher was born in Denton, North Carolina, and is a 1938 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He became editor of the ''Lumberton Voice'' at the age of 20. He went on to work at the ''High Point Enterprise'' and the ''Charlotte News'', where he became the sports editor in 1948.
Bisher was president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association from 1974 to 1976 and president of the Football Writers Association of America in 1959 - 1960.
In 1961, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the nation's five best columnists.
Bisher, who is nearly 90, holds seniority over the hundreds of golf reporters and other sports journalists who descend on Augusta, Georgia, each April for The Masters Tournament. During the 2006 tournament, The Golf Channel profiled Burman as the "dean" of Masters journalists.
★ His 1962 book, ''With a Southern Exposure'', has an introduction written by Bing Crosby.
★ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Bisher was born in Denton, North Carolina, and is a 1938 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He became editor of the ''Lumberton Voice'' at the age of 20. He went on to work at the ''High Point Enterprise'' and the ''Charlotte News'', where he became the sports editor in 1948.
Bisher was president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association from 1974 to 1976 and president of the Football Writers Association of America in 1959 - 1960.
In 1961, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the nation's five best columnists.
Bisher, who is nearly 90, holds seniority over the hundreds of golf reporters and other sports journalists who descend on Augusta, Georgia, each April for The Masters Tournament. During the 2006 tournament, The Golf Channel profiled Burman as the "dean" of Masters journalists.
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Trivia
★ His 1962 book, ''With a Southern Exposure'', has an introduction written by Bing Crosby.
External link
★ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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