Background
Burns, Edward Harold was born on January 17, 1891 in Frankfort, Indiana, United States. Son of Edward H. and Flora (Donaldson) B.Sr.
Burns, Edward Harold was born on January 17, 1891 in Frankfort, Indiana, United States. Son of Edward H. and Flora (Donaldson) B.Sr.
Bachelor of Arts, Wabash College, 1913. Reporter Frankfort Daily News (father’s paper), 1906-1911, Crawfordsville (Indiana) Journal, 1911, Crawfordsville Review, 1912-1913. General assignment reporter Chicago Herald, 1914-1915.
City editor, Joliet (Illinois) Herald-News, 1916.
Reporter, Chicago Examiner, 1917, Chicago Tribune, 1918, federal building and prohibition reporter, 1919-1926, sports writer, since 1926. Chicago correspondent and columnist, Sporting News, since 1927, regularly assigned to Major League baseball, Big Ten Football, National League Hockey, et cetera
General assignment reporter Chicago Herald, 1914-1915. Chairman baseball’s “Most Valuable Player” committee
Served in United States Army, 1918. Official scorer, World Series, 1945, 48. Chairman baseball’s “Most Valuable Player” committee, 1948.
Member American Legion, Baseball Writers Association of America (national president, 1948), Sigma Chirurgical