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Bob Dolgan
Bob Dolgan has written thousands of columns, articles, and feature stories about sports for the Plain Dealer during the past six decades. His writing has also appeared in the Sporting News, Baseball Digest, and Golf Digest. He was named one of the top 10 sports columnists in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors in 1985, and has won many other national, state, and local sportswriting awards. Since 1995, he has written frequently about sports history for the Plain Dealer, including contributions to a nationally recognized 1997 series on black baseball players and a 2001 series on the 100th anniversary of the Cleveland Indians. In 1999 he was inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame. He is also co-author of The Polka King, with Frank Yankovic. A Cleveland native and a graduate of John Carroll University, he lives in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.
Books by Bob Dolgan
America's Polka King
The Real Story of Frankie Yankovic
by Bob Dolgan
Frankie Yankovic, the foremost musician in American polka history, never wanted to play it safe. His life was filled with triumphs, defeats, crises, and controversies. An uninhibited original, Yankovi . . . [Read More]
Heroes, Scamps, and Good Guys
101 Colorful Characters from Cleveland Sports History
by Bob Dolgan
Colorful characters crowd the world of sports, and we've certainly had our share in Cleveland. Sportswriter Bob Dolgan has written about them all while covering the sports beat for The Plain Dealer d . . . [Read More]