Mel Durslag, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMel Durslag
American sportswriter
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1921
Date of Death: 17-Jul-2016
Profession: sportswriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Mel Durslag
- Melvin "Mel" Durslag (April 29, 1921 – July 17, 2016) was an American sportswriter. Durslag began writing for the Los Angeles Herald-Express in 1940.
- He wrote a sports column for Hearst papers in Los Angeles beginning in 1952 and had a long career at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.
- In 1989, after the Herald-Examiner went out of business, he joined the Los Angeles Times.
- Durslag contributed an essay on Walter Alston to I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad. He also wrote a column for many years for TV Guide.
- Durslag was elected into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1995.
- He was named a finalist for the J.
- G.
- Taylor Spink Award in the 2014 balloting.
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