2 Quotes & Sayings By Anonymous Bushman
John G. Bourke was born in 1882 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1905 and went on to become a prominent sports writer and highly respected historian. His writing career began in 1906 when he worked for the New Haven Advocate, one of the nation's leading black newspapers
He became sports editor of the New York Age later that same year. From 1908 to 1916, he wrote "The Sportsman" column for Collier's magazine. He also found time to work as an editor at several major publications including Scribner's Sons, Harper's Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post.
In addition, he was associate editor of Outing magazine for seven years. His other books include John Joseph Bungo: A Brief Study of One of the Most Successful Jewish Sportsmen of his Time (1932), The Sportsman's Paradise, And Other Essays on Sports (1939), and Charles Mossburg: A Jewish Sportsman (1950).