Furman Bisher News & Bio
| Name: | Furman Bisher | | Hometown: | Denton, NC | | Born: | November 4, 1918 | | Died: | March 18, 2012 | | Notes: | Sports Writer |
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Kenan book released: Everything you want to knowWhere did the title come from? The great sports columnist Furman Bisher (UNC ’38) came to Chapel Hill in November of 1980 to write a...
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Salisbury, North Carolina, an oasis of hope for sports mediaHere’s what the late, great Atlanta sports columnist Furman Bisher wrote nearly 50 years ago about sportswriters and sportscasters heaven — Salisbury, North Carolina: "The...
Tue Jun 23, 2015
Legendary sportswriter Furman Bisher passes away
When Furman University shut down its journalism department heading into the 1936 academic year, it lost a namesake and the football team’s manager, an aspiring...
Mon Mar 19, 2012
Legendary sportswriter, UNC alum Furman Bisher dies at 93
He covered the Masters, Kentucky Derby and the Georgia-Georgia Tech football game more than 50 times each. Most of the Super Bowls, too. But on...
Mon Mar 19, 2012