Dave Anderson (born May 6, 1929 in Troy, New York) is an American sportswriter based in New York City. He began his career after graduating from Holy Cross in 1951. May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges. ...

Anderson has written for a number of New York papers. He covered the Brooklyn Dodgers for the Brooklyn Eagle, before moving to the New York Journal-American in 1955, and later to The New York Times in 1966. The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team that played from 1890-1957. ... The Brooklyn Eagle, also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was a daily newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York from 1841 to 1955. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...

Anderson was given a column at the Times in 1971. In 1973, he collaborated with Miami Dolphin football players Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick in publishing a book, Always on the Run. Lawrence Richard Csonka (born December 25, 1946, Stow, Ohio, USA) was a punishing American football player in the late 1960s and 1970s. ... Jim Kiick, born in 1946, is an American Football player. ...

In 1981, he became the second sportswriter to win the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He has also received the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and the Dick McCann Memorial Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame for career excellence covering football. The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary has been awarded since 1970. ... The Red Smith Award is awarded by the Associated Press Sports Editors for outstanding contributions to sports journalism. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The Dick McCann Memorial Award, created in 1969 and named for Dick McCann, is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for long and distinguished reporting on professional football. Award recipients 1969 - George Strickler, Chicago Tribune 1970 - Arthur Daley, New York Times 1971 - Joe King, New York World... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ...