John Kuenster

John Kuenster

• Born June 18, 1924
• Died April 2, 2012 in Evergreen Park, IL USA

Biographical Information

John Kuenster, a former staff writer and columnist with the Chicago Daily News, and editor of The Columbian, he also wrote Heartbreakers [1] and At Home and Away [2] and edited The Best of Baseball Digest [3]. He lived in Evergreen Park, IL a suburb of Chicago, prior to his 2012 death.

Further Reading

• John Kuenster: "Fighting Words", Baseball Digest, January 1961, pp. 63-66. [4]
• John Kuenster: Heartbreakers: Baseball's Most Agonizing Defeats, Ivan R. Dee Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2001. ISBN 978-1566634120
• John Kuenster: At Home and Away: 33 Years of Baseball Essays, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2003. [5]

Related Sites

• Chicago Tribune obituary