John R. Tunis
(1889 - 1975)
John Roberts Tunis (December 7, 1889 – February 4, 1975), “the ‘inventor’ of the modern sports story,” was an American writer and broadcaster. Known for his juvenile sports novels, Tunis also wrote short stories and non-fiction, including a weekly sports column for the The New Yorker magazine. As a commentator, Tunis was part of the first trans-Atlantic sports cast and the first broadcast of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament to the United States.
Bibliography
All-American (1942)
Ronald Perry is the star of a High School football team. In a hard tackle, he nearly kills a Jewish boy playing for the rival school. Perry wrestles with how to make things right.
The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
Read online at archive.org.
Eleanor Estes
Elizabeth Janet Gray
William Heyliger
Owen Johnson
Stephen W. Meader
John R. Tunis
Et al
Keith Ward
Et al
A City for Lincoln (1945)
The youth of Springfield rally behind a crusading basketball coach to clean up their town’s politics.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 9 (1962)
Seventeen selections from adventure novels.
Esther Forbes
Charles Hawes
Robert Heinlein
Eric Knight
Howard Pyle
Katharine Pyle
Kate Seredy
Armstrong Sperry
John R. Tunis
Katharine Pyle
Kate Seredy
Lynd Ward
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Go, Team, Go! (1954)
When the varsity players go on strike, it’s up to the JV to defend the school’s title at State.
Yea! Wildcats! (1944)
Don Henderson has his work cut out for him as the new basketball coach in a central Indiana town.