Ron Fimrite

{{Short description|American sportswriter and author (1931–2010)}}

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| birth_date = January 6, 1931

| birth_place = Healdsburg, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Humorist, historian, sportswriter

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| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley

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Ron Fimrite (January 6, 1931 – April 30, 2010) was an American humorist, historian, sportswriter and author who was best known for his writing for Sports Illustrated.{{Cite news |first=Paul |last=Myerberg |title=Ron Fimrite, Stylish Sportswriter, Dies at 79 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 14, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/sports/15fimrite.html}}

Fimrite began his career at the Berkeley Gazette in 1955, moving to the San Francisco Chronicle. He was nicknamed "The Sporting Tiger" and was part of a famous circle of San Francisco Chronicle columnists that included Herb Caen, Art Hoppe, Stanton Delaplane and Charles McCabe. He became a sports columnist for Sports Illustrated in 1971. He authored numerous books about sports.