Cy Sherman, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCy Sherman
Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1871
Date of Death: 22-May-1951
Profession: sports journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Cy Sherman
- Charles Sumner "Cy" Sherman (March 10, 1871 – May 22, 1951) was an American journalist and is known as the "father of the Cornhuskers" after giving the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team the name "Cornhuskers" in 1899.
- At his suggestion in 1936, Associated Press (AP) sports editor Alan J.
- Gould created the first AP Poll for ranking college football teams.
- Sherman began his career writing at the Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln, spent a short time at the Red Lodge, Montana Pickett before returning to Lincoln and the Lincoln Star where he spent most of his career.
- At his death he was called by the Star the "Dean of American Sportswriters".
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