John "Drebby" Drebinger (March 23, 1891 - October 22, 1979) was an American

United States

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 sportswriter

Sports journalism

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 for The New York Times from 1923 to 1964. He graduated from Curtis High School on Staten Island and went to work for The Staten Island Advance in 1911. In 1973, Isaminger was honored by the Baseball Writers Association of America

Baseball Writers Association of America

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 with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award

J.G. Taylor Spink Award

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 for distinguished baseball writing. Recipients of the Spink Award are recognized at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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in what is commonly referred to as the "writers wing" of the Hall of Fame. In October 1979, he died at a nursing home in North Carolina.