Mel Durslag

American sportswriter.
Died on Sunday July 17th 2016


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@RIP_2016: RT @marviljr: RIP Hall of Fame writer Mel Durslag (1921-2016), who for more than 50 years covered L.A. sports with greatness. - 8 years ago

@RIP_2016: #RIP Mel Durslag. Los Angeles sports writer. Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1995 - 8 years ago

@KevinModesti: @tomhoffarth Thanks for including Mel Durslag (and my tweets) in your column. - 8 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: :( Mel Durslag - #MelDurslag #Mel #Durslag #rip - 8 years ago

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@NekropoleENG: Mel Durslag - 8 years ago

@fheldman: Rest in Peace, Mel Durslag, legend, mentor and friend. I remember long, nightly chats with him that were newspaper history lessons. - 8 years ago

@racehorsereport: RT @Fred_Claire: Mel Durslag set the standard for sports writing. Always professional and always helping young writers. A true giant. https… - 8 years ago

@KevinModesti: RT @Fred_Claire: Mel Durslag set the standard for sports writing. Always professional and always helping young writers. A true giant. https… - 8 years ago

@Dave_Goren: Condolences to the family and friends of NSMA Hall of Famer Mel Durslag, who died Sunday in California.... - 8 years ago

@Fred_Claire: Mel Durslag set the standard for sports writing. Always professional and always helping young writers. A true giant. - 8 years ago

@marviljr: RIP Hall of Fame writer Mel Durslag (1921-2016), who for more than 50 years covered L.A. sports with greatness. - 8 years ago

@KevinModesti: Predicting the end of 300-win pitchers isn't new. Early Wynn does it in this '62 Mel Durslag column. Ten since then. - 8 years ago

@BrandonChabner1: Listening to ChabDog sits down with sportswriting legend Mel Dursl... by ChabDog Radio - 8 years ago

@Sullivan_Ranger: @LyleMSpencer Mel Durslag once wrote a story for Sat. Evening Post on the Cal Poly SLO plane crash... Required reading for all my interns - 8 years ago

@KevinModesti: For me, yes. I say that as a huge fan of Jim Murray too. People should know how good Mel Durslag was. - 8 years ago

@bhertzel: So sorry to see Mel Durslag, one of the great sportswriting wordsmiths of all time, has died in LA at 95. I enjoyed his company in 70s, 80s - 8 years ago

@damionhinds: Mel Durslag, American sportswriter, Died at 95 - 8 years ago

@MurrayScholars: We just learned that longtime Los Angeles sportswriter Mel Durslag has passed away at age 95. RIP, Mel. - 8 years ago

@StuffThatIsDead: Mel Durslag is a goner: - 8 years ago

@SysoonMemorial: Mel Durslag (1921 - 2016), died at age 95 years - 8 years ago

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