Bill Brill

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Bill Brill
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Occupation Sports Columnist

William Brill is an American sportswriter and author. He was born in Philadelphia but spent his youth in Middlesex County, Virginia. Brill attended Duke University before began his sports writing career with the Covington Virginian in 1952. Brill joined the Roanoke Times in 1956 and was named Sports Editor in 1960, before retiring in 1991.

Brill wrote a sports column and served as executive sports editor for the Durham Herald-Sun from August 1992 through April 1994. He served as President of the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (ACSWA) from 1982 to 1984, named the Virginia Sportswriter of the Year in 1991, and President of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters from 1993 to 1995. He is the 1995 recipient of the Jake Wade Award for lifetime contributions to college athletics from College Sports Information Directors. Brill has covered a total of 35 Final Fours, more than any other sports writer.

The USBWA president in 1980-81, Brill began his career with the Roanoke Times and World News in 1956 and served as the paper's executive sports editor and columnist through 1991 ... Now a resident of Durham, N.C., Brill is still a regular contributor to several publications.

[edit] Bibliography

  • 1986 - "Duke Basketball, 1906-1986, an Illustrated History.". Taylor Pub. Co., ASIN: B000NP1GH8
  • 1993 - "A Season is a Lifetime: The Inside Story of the Duke Blue Devils and Their Championship Seasons", Simon & Schuster, 270 pages, ISBN: 978-0671798116

[edit] Awards

  • 1967 Virginia Distinguished Service to Sports Award
  • 1991 Virginia Sports Information Directors Distinguished Service Award
  • 1991 Virginia Sportswriter of the Year
  • 1995 College Sports Information Directors Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 1996 Duke Sports Hall of Fame
  • 1998 Marvin “Skeeter” Francis Award for special contributions to Atlantic Coast Conference
  • 1999 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inductee
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