Eddie Gold

Eddie Gold

• High School Harrison High School

• Born in Green Bay, WI USA
• Died December 28, 2002

Eddie Gold authored/co-authored several baseball books and numerous trivia articles for the Chicago Sun Times. A native of Green Bay, Wis., Mr. Gold moved to Chicago's West Side when he was 2 and attended Harrison High School. He attended his first game on August 9,1939, and saw Bill "Swish" Nicholson homer in his Cub debut.

Eddie Gold was a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the "Cubs Die Hard Fan Club." Eddie Gold co-authored (with Art Ahrens five titles on Cubs history featuring brief biographies of famous Cub players over the years. Gold joined the Sun-Times in 1951 as a copy boy in the sports department. He had been part of the Chicago Sun Times sports department for more than 45 years and wrote a trivia column until his death in 2002. In 1992, he retired as a sports copy editor, but continued to write his trivia column for the Sun-Times. Gold's popular Christmas poem appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times annually. Gold also served in the Army in Korea just after the war ended. Eddie Gold died of lymphoma at age 70 on Saturday, Dec. 28,2002 in his home.

Books

• Day by Day in Chicago Cub History,co-authored with Art Ahrens (June,1982)
• The Golden Era Cubs,1876-1940,co-authored with Art Ahrens (April,1985)
• The New Era Cubs,1941-1985,co-authored with Art Ahrens (June,1985)
• Eddie Gold's 1986 baseball quiz book, (1986)
• Complete Guide to Cubs and White Sox Trivia (March,1986)
• The Golden Era Cubs, co-authored with Art Arhrens (March,1990)
• Cubs: The Renewal Era,1985-1990,co-authored with Art Ahrens (May,1990)

Links

• SABR page mentioning Eddie
• Eddie Gold's Last Chicago Sun Times Trivia Column 12/29/2002