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CHARLIE VINCENT

Charles Eagar Vincent Jr. (born March 24, 1940), American sportswriter and columnist and author.

Career

Retired from the Detroit Free Press in 1999 after 29 years on the sports staff, the final 14 as sports columnist. Prior to that he covered Michigan State football, University of Detroit basketball, the Detroit Pistons, auto racing, the World Football League, World Team Tennis and baseball. During his tenure as columnist he was three times named among the top five columnists in the United States. The Free Press published a compilation of his columns in 1994 under the title "Welcome to My World", he also co-wrote "Broken Wings, the Night the Cheering Stopped", the story of a limousine crash which severly injured a number of Detroit Red Wings in the wake of their 1997 Stanley Cup victory. He also conceived the story of "The Corner", a tribute to the history of Detroit's Tiger Stadium, and co-wrote the book. In retirement he wrote a genealogical history entitled "Men of Courage;Women of Strength". Prior to joing the Free Press staff in 1970, he worked for the Sandusky (Ohio) Register, San Antonio Express-News, Galveston Tribune, Beaumont Journal, Taylor Daily Press, Victoria Advocate and Victoria Mirror, all in Texas.

His work also appeared in Parade Magazine, The Sporting News, Sport Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor and in magazines in France and the Bahamas.

He has been listed in Who's Who in America for the past 15 years and in retirment has mentored young writers at The Highlander newspaper in Marble Falls, Tx., and authored numerous free lance articles

Personal

Born to Charles Eagar Vincent and Hazel Ruth (Balston) Vincent in Beaumont, Texas, he grew up in Victoria, Texas, graduated from St. Joseph High School and attended Victoria College. Married to Jacque Bertmann in 1959, to Pat Hamilton in 1970 and to Karen Pyle in 1985, he is the father of five children: Lisa Gendusa of San Marcus, Tx.; Dixie Durham of Lewisville, Tx.; Chuck Vincent of Lewisville, Tx.; Jack Vincent of Lorena, Tx.; and Suzie Barbieri of Grand Blanc, Mi. He and Karen Vincent reside in Shelby Township, Mi., and Horseshoe Bay, Tx. ==