| LC control no. | n 79139342 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Collins, Bud |
| Variant(s) | Collins, Arthur Worth, Jr. |
| Located | Berea (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1929-06-17 |
| Death date | 2016-03-04 |
| Place of birth | Lima (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Brookline (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Sports journalism Tennis |
| Affiliation | Baldwin-Wallace College United States. Army Boston University Brandeis University |
| Profession or occupation | Sportscasters Sportswriters Tennis coaches |
| Found in | Laver, R. G. The education of a tennis ... 1971. NUCMC data from Boston University, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center for Bud Collins collection, 1970-2003 (Bud Collins; b. Arthur Worth Collins, Jr., 1929; sports journalist, sports broadcaster, tennis coach, and author; American) Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (tennis writer) New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 7, 2016 (in obituary published Mar. 4: Bud Collins; b. Arthur Worth Collins Jr., June 17, 1929, Lima, Ohio; grew up in Berea; d. Friday [Mar. 4, 2016], Brookline, Mass., aged 86; passionate, often irreverent face of tennis for nearly half a century in his Wimbledon broadcasts and his newspaper and magazine columns) The great American sports page, 2019: page ix (Bud Collins (1929-2016)) Wikipedia web site, September 6, 2019: (Bud Collins ; Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. (June 17, 1929-March 4, 2016) was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary ; born in Lima, Ohio ; a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College ; After his U.S. Army service, Collins decided to attend Boston University graduate school. He would not graduate from the College of Communications until 2009. From 1959-1963 he served as the tennis coach at Brandeis University, where one of his players was Abbie Hoffman, class of 1959. Afterward, Hoffman became a political and social activist. At the time of his death in 2016, the 1959 team was the only undefeated tennis team in Brandeis history ; sports columnist, TV commentator) |
| Associated language | eng |
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