DENNY FUEHRER,
Norfolk, Contributor
His 36 years as a sportswriter and sports editor at the Norfolk Daily News from
1961-1997 touched the lives of a couple of generations of high school athletes,
their coaches and their fans. His coverage of all sports, particularly during
the transition period of girls in sports, included ratings, rankings, charts,
headlines, special sections for small schools as well as the larger ones in the
coverage area. His well-chosen words touched all sports as the following honors
show: NSAA Distinguished Service Award, Coaches Association Friend of High
School Sports, Nebraska Baseball Hall of Fame, Northeast Nebraska track and
field achievement award, American Legion Post 16 baseball award, Norfolk Coaches
Association Outstanding Service Award, Golden Gloves Boxing Outstanding
Journalism Award and the Associated Press Sportswriter of the Year award. High
School: Sioux Falls (SD) Washington. College: University of South Dakota,
Augustana College.
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