John Drebinger, a onetime sprinter who ran the 100 in 10.4 seconds at Curtis High School in 1911, equaling the New York City public-school record, was one of the country’s most respected sportswriters.
After starting his career at the Staten Island Advance, Drebinger covered the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers for the New York Times, and wrote the lead story on every World Series game from 1929 to 1963. He was the 1973 recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, emblematic of membership in the “Writers’ Wing” of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Class of 2018