Best UW Football Beat Writer in the Modern Era?

[DerekJohnson]

In spite of all the @RaceBannon as Moses jokes, he was actually old enough to read Royal Brougham as a young man.

I read somewhere that they knew Royal Broughm was getting too old for the job when began writing stuff like "hey diddle diddle, Robin Earl up the middle." And I rememeber reading that when he went to cover the '78 Rose Bowl, he accidentally boarded the Michigan team bus at one point.

 

[DawgOfTheAges]

He was in the early 50's, was more of a baseball guy but during football season he wrote about the dawgs as the beat writer while Royal Brougham was the larger personality [imagine that] and sports editor. [By the 50's Brougham was a national statesman in the sports columnist world and unapologetic sports honk for Seattle sports, and had previously been the editor for the entire PI operation as a younger guy so had a broader scope than just sports within the news community.] By the late 50's Emmitt had shifted gears away from sports and into the pithy acerbic style gentle sarcasm and wit that he was famous for as he commented on the issues of the day and told the stories which celebrated Seattle History. Together, they were quite the pair.

 

[DawgOfTheAges]

Emmitt was the sports beat writer and sports columnist in the early 50's, was really more of a baseball guy [good enough for a cup of coffee with the Rainiers as a younger guy] but did report on the dawgs during football season while Royal Brougham was the sports editor and columnist as well… By the 50's Royal was a national statesman within the national sports columnist community, was a leading civic fundraising philanthropist and unapologetic Seattle sports honk with a special interest in UW sports. By the late 50's Emmitt had moved way from sports in favor of his focus on the sly acerbic style nostalgic story telling column ~ writing about issues of the day and the history of Seattle that he was famous for. Together, they were quite the pair.

 

[YellowSnow]

In spite of all the @RaceBannon as Moses jokes, he was actually old enough to read Royal Brougham as a young man.

I read somewhere that they knew Royal Broughm was getting too old for the job when began writing stuff like "hey diddle diddle, Robin Earl up the middle." And I rememeber reading that when he went to cover the '78 Rose Bowl, he accidentally boarded the Michigan team bus at one point.

Hickory dickery dock - Bo Schembechler can suck a fat cock!!

 

[DerekJohnson]

He was in the early 50's, was more of a baseball guy but during football season he wrote about the dawgs as the beat writer while Royal Brougham was the larger personality [imagine that] and sports editor. [By the 50's Brougham was a national statesman in the sports columnist world and unapologetic sports honk for Seattle sports, and had previously been the editor for the entire PI operation as a younger guy so had a broader scope than just sports within the news community.] By the late 50's Emmitt had shifted gears away from sports and into the pithy acerbic style gentle sarcasm and wit that he was famous for as he commented on the issues of the day and told the stories which celebrated Seattle History. Together, they were quite the pair.

I didn't know all that. Interesting.