Background
Olderman, Murray was born on March 27, 1922 in New York City. Son of Max and Jennie (Steinberg) Olderman.
Olderman, Murray was born on March 27, 1922 in New York City. Son of Max and Jennie (Steinberg) Olderman.
Olderman graduated from University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism degree, Stanford University with a Bachelor of Surgery in humanities, and Northwestern University"s Medill School of Journalism with a master"s degree in journalism.
His artwork often accompanied the sports stories he authored. His art also has been used by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and hung above the Hall of Fame busts. (Recently, the Hall of Fame made all the artwork digital so it has to be accessed by visitors to the hall though electronic kiosks) Olderman aspired to be a sportswriter at an early age.
When he was in his teens, he wrote sports columns for a county weekly.
He practiced drawing cartoons through trial and error. One of his drawings was first published in The Columbia Missourian during his junior year at the University of Missouri.
Olderman was hired by the McClatchy Newspapers of Sacramento as a sports cartoonist. Olderman"s work appeared in 750 daily newspapers for the greater part of 35 years.
His columns and cartoons were distributed by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (National Education Association), a Scripps-Howard syndicate.
Olderman"s employment with the National Education Association began in 1952. He became its sports editor in 1964. Executive editor in 1968.
And a contributing editor in 1971.
Although he "retired" in 1987, he was active until the news service was overtaken by a larger corporation. He also founded the National Education Association All-Pro team in 1954, which ran though 1992.
lieutenant was considered the "Player"s All-Pro team", since Olderman would poll NFL players to compile the team
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President California Alliance for Mentally Ill, Sacramento, 1994-1995. Lieutenant Military Intelligence, United States Army, 1944-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Cartoonists Society (Best Sports Cartoonist 1973, 78), Golf Writers Association American (Best Feature 1982), Pro Football Writers Association (Dick McCann award 1979, Best Feature 1983), Baseball Writers of America, Basketball Writers of America (Best Feature 1959), Football Writers Association American (president 1960-1961), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Nancy J. Calhoun, February 28, 1945. Children: Lorraine Imlay, Marcia Lynn, Mark.
