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Koppett, Leonard was born on September 15, 1923 in Moscow, Russia. Son of David and Marie (Dvoretskya) Kopeliovitch.
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Koppett, Leonard was born on September 15, 1923 in Moscow, Russia. Son of David and Marie (Dvoretskya) Kopeliovitch.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1946.
Born in Moscow, Koppett moved with his family from Russia to the United States when he was five years old. They lived in The Bronx, New York, a block away from Yankee Stadium, sparking his early interest in sports. A graduate of Columbia University, he was a reporter and columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Post, The New York Times, the Peninsula Times Tribune, and The Sporting News, and he authored 16 books on sports.
He also published a number of magazine articles
His writings have been noted for their intellectual rigor, social commentary, and wit. The former was inspired by Koppett"s conversations with contemporary athletes who had little or no knowledge about the history of their game and the great players of decades past, while the latter memorably began with a one-word paragraph — "Fear." — and then explored how the batter"s instinctive fear of the thrown pitch is the key point around which most other aspects of baseball play are derived.
The Essence of the Game is Deception: Thinking about Basketball took a similar approach to basketball. Two weeks prior to his death, Koppett completed his final book, The Rise and Fall of the Press Box, which is part autobiography and part memoir about changes in sports media coverage since World World War II when he became a sportswriter.
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Served with United States Army, 1943-1945. Member Baseball Writers Association American, Professional Football Writers, Authors Guild.
Married Suzanne Silberstein, April 24, 1964. Children: Katherine, David.