Dick Beddoes was a Canadian sports journalist and wrote sports books such as ‘Greatest Sports Stories.’ In April 1980 letters between Beddoes and Toronto police Commissioner Winfield McKay were leaked. In the letters McKay attacked gay, feminist, and black activists. In September of that year he resigned from the Globe and Mail after admitting he had plagiarized a column on gay rights from a New York Times columnist.
| Names | Dick Beddoes (Main) BE [n80.133] |
|---|---|
| Related Pages | Dick Beddoes on LGLC
Dick Beddoes on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1926 |
| Birth Place | Alberta |
| Death Date | 1991/08/24 |
| Death Place | https://lglc.ca/place/TOR/ |
| Identities |
Canadian
BG [“Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682], P [“Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682] |
| Occupations |
Sports Columnist
Columnist
notAfter(1977/11/02) https://lglc.ca/event/n77.295 “Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 Sports Director Television1980 - 1986 “Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 Evening sports talk show host Radio1986 “Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 Writer“Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 Television show commentator Television“Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 |
| Associated Periodicals |
The Globe and Mail, The Globe Magazine (Columnist)
1977/11/02 BCE [n77.295] https://lglc.ca/periodical/Edmonton Bulletin/ (Columnist)“Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada (Columnist)1954 - 1963 “Dick Beddoes,” Sports Media Canada, n.d., http://www.sportsmediacanada.ca/?p=682 |