Jerry Green (writer)
Jerry Green (Jerome Frederic Green) was an American sports journalist and author born on April 15, 1928, in New York City. He studied at The Hotchkiss School, Brown University, and Boston University.
He began his reporting career in 1952 at the New York Journal-American, served in the U.S. Navy, then worked for the Associated Press as a sportswriter from 1956 to 1963. From 1963 to 2004 he was a staff writer for The Detroit News, covering baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and more. He also covered the Detroit Lions in 1957 and later noted he was the last surviving Detroit sportswriter who covered the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons, and Lions championships.
Green is best known for covering every Super Bowl from the first in 1967 through Super Bowl LVI in 2022, a unique achievement. He did not attend Super Bowl LVII in 2023 due to ill health but continued writing until shortly before his death.
He published several books, including histories of the Super Bowl, the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Pistons, and Michigan Wolverines football, as well as season-focused books on the 1968 Detroit Tigers and the 1998 Denver Broncos. He was named Michigan’s Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s writer’s wing in 2005 (Dick McCann Memorial Award), along with the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. He received a Lifetime Member Award from the Detroit Sports Media.
Personal life: He was married to Nancy from the 1960s until her death in 2002, and they had one daughter. He lived in Grosse Pointe, Michigan for many years before moving to an assisted-living facility in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Jerry Green died on March 23, 2023, at age 94.
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