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ABOUT SAM LACEY

Samuel Harold "Sam" Lacy (October 23, 1903 – May 8, 2003) was a multi-media journalist well before it became a catch-all description for journalists of this era, African-American and Native American newspaper sports writer, reporter, columnist, editor as well as a television/radio commentator. 

His work spanned parts of nine decades which included him being the first black member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1948 and later, inclusion into the writer and broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. 

So in that pioneering spirit, we acknowledge and recognize annually at the national convention's host city some of the greatest athletes and journalists whose impact goes beyond their profession.