John McCallum (sports writer)

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John Dennis McCallum (born 1924) was a sportswriter, as well as a writer on strength training topics. Married to television and movie actress Marjie Millar from 1960 to ?.

As a sportswriter, McCallum wrote books on a variety of topics. One of his most famous works is The Tiger Wore Spikes, a biography of baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (A.S. Barnes, 1956).

In strength training, McCallum is most famous for his Keys to Progress magazine series, which ran in Strength & Health magazine from 1965 to 1972. The series has has been collected and republished by IronMind as the book The Complete Keys to Progress. Reprints of McCallum's columns have been a regular feature in Milo since October, 1993.[1]

McCallum died on September 21, 1989.

[edit] Works

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  • (1956) The Tiger Wore Spikes: An Informal Biography of Ty Cobb[2]
  • (1975) Ty Cobb[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Strossen, Randall J. (October 1993). "Milo". 
  2. ^ McCallum, John (1956). The Tiger Wore Spikes: An Informal Biography of Ty Cobb. New York: A. S. Barnes, 240 pages. 
  3. ^ McCallum, John (1975). Ty Cobb. New York: Praeger Publishers, 225 pages. ISBN 0-275-22520-8. 

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