Career
He was the sports editor of the Associated Press from 1922 to 1938 and the executive editor of the Associated Press from 1941 to 1963. He also worked for a time at Gannett"s Ithaca Journal. He next became the news editor of the Morning Sun in Binghamton, New New York
Gould went to work for the Associated Press in 1922.
He served as the wire service"s sports editor from 1922 to 1938. Gould was an innovator during his time in charge of sports at the Associated Press.
Foreign many years, Walter Camp had been the "official" selector of college football"s annual All-America team Controversy had for years surrounded the selection of an All-America team by one manitoba
After Camp died in March 1925, Gould created the Associated Press All-America team
In announcing the first Associated Press All-America team, Gould wrote that the team was a "comprehensive consensus" based on input from 100 coaches and critics from around the country. He polled the editors of Associated Press newspapers to determine the rankings. Gould later recalled, "lieutenant was a case of thinking up ideas to develop interest and controversy.
Papers wanted material to fill space between games.
That"s all I had in mind, something to keep the pot boiling. Sports was then living off controversy, opinion, whatever.
This was just another exercise in hoopla." The Associated Press Poll quickly became the standard for determining each year"s national championship team From 1938 to 1941, Gould was the executive aide in charge of Associated Press personnel.
In December 1941, Gould took over editorial responsibility for the Associated Press news and newsphoto services.
He became an assistant general manager of the Associated Press in 1943 and was appointed as the executive editor in May 1948. He was in charge of the wire service"s news operations throughout World World War II and traveled to England from January to March 1944 to coordinate coverage for the anticipated Allied invasion of the European mainland. On his return to the United States, Gould reported that General
Gould retired as the executive editor of the Associated Press on his 65th birthday in January 1963.
In May 1963, Gould was honored by Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism fraternity, with the designation as a fellowship Gould was married to Mary Denton Gould in October 1920 at Elmira, New New York
They had two children, Alan J. Gould, Junior., and Mary Ann (Gould) Houseman. He was remarried to Mary Sliter Gould.
She died in 1976. Gould moved to Florida in 1975.
He died in June 1993 at the Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.