Walter Smith

Walter Smith (1905-1982), also known as Red Smith, full name Walter Wellesley Smith, was a US sportswriter. Smith’s work influenced an entire generation of writers. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1976. Author David Halberstam called Smith "the greatest sportswriter of two eras."

Wisdom & Quotes

• There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

- in Reader's Digest, July 1982

Bernard Rudofsky