Victor Debs, Jr.

Background

Victor Debs, Jr. was born on April 10, 1949, in New York City, New York, United States. He is the son of Victor Debs, an engineer, and Sonja (Saba) Debs, a teacher.

Education

Debs received an Associate of Arts degree from Staten Island Community College in 1968. Two years later he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Richmond College, as well as a Master of Education degree four more years later.

Career

Debs held a position of a teacher at the Board of Education of New York City for 22 years from 1970. He also worked as an instructor in baseball history at Rutgers University.

Currently, he is engaged in writing activity.

Works

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  • That Was Part of Baseball Then

    (Interviews With 24 Former Major League Baseball Players, ...)

    2002
  • Still Standing After All These Years

    (Twelve of Baseball's Longest Standing Records; Examines t...)

    1997
  • Baseball Tidbits

    (Presents one hundred short essays on the game's past, foc...)

    1997
  • Missed It by That Much

    (Baseball Players Who Challenged the Record Books)

    1998
  • They Kept Me Loyal to the Yankees

    (Great read for baseball fans!)

    1993

Views

Quotations: "Baseball’s long-held position as the national pastime remains solid, despite the rising popularity of other sports. Only baseball can offer such an abundant number of talented former players, managers, and teams whose fame thrives decades after their superb accomplishments. Joe DiMaggio no longer glides with grace in Yankee Stadium’s ‘Death Valley’ to snare fly balls; Jackie Robinson’s intimidating base-running no longer frustrates opposing ball clubs; Jimmie Foxx’s powerful pokes and pleasant personality are part of the past. The memories of their superb feats remains, nonetheless."

"Baseball history, and history in general, have always fascinated me, which, more than anything else, is reflected in my writing. As long as there are wonderful stories to be told of heroic figures struggling to earn a living by doing what they enjoy more than anything else, I guess I’ll keep writing about them."

Membership

Debs is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Interests

• family activities, baseball history

Connections

Debs married Lola Kashov on June 28, 1980. The couple produced a child Jackie.

Father:

Victor Debs

Mother:

Sonja (Saba) Debs

child:

Jackie Debs

Wife:

Lola Kashov