THOMAS JEFFERSON ALUMNI.....Milton Gross, 1930 Grad: Milton Gross, was the Yankees beat writer for The New York Post from 1938 to 1949, then its sports columnist until his death in 1973. Milton Gross/Yankee Doodles....................... “Yankee Doodles” was perhaps too trivial a title for a book that provided great insight into the Yanks of the late ‘40s. A distinguished looking pipe smoker, (when he wasnt chain smoking cigarettes), he was a product of Fordham, with an M.A. from Columbia and was working on a doctorate in economics when he aborted that and went into the newspaper business. His career began prior to the war, and after service with the Coast Guard, he returned to the Yankees’ beat. Gross remained on the writing scene until his death in 1973. His was loosely portrayed as “Milton Kahn” in Billy Crystal’s “61*”, (acted by Richard Masur), the sportswriter who was stood up by Roger Maris for an interview appointment. He had a son, Michael, an author, and a daughter, Jane, who wrote for the New York Times.
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