Robert W. Creamer (1922-2012) was an American sportswriter, author, and editor. He spent most of his career at Sports Illustrated. He was one of the first hired on the staff of Sports Illustrated in 1954 and served the magazine as a senior editor until 1984. Also an accomplished author, he wrote the most definitive biography of Babe Ruth, entitled Babe, in 1974.
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It was the year that Joe DiMaggio set his 56-game hitting streak, that Ted Williams batted .406, that the Dodgers and the Yankees battled each other in a classic World series—and that the United States went to war. In this look at what he calls 'the ... SEE MORE