Larry Felser
Encyclopedia
Larry Felser is a former sports columnist
and writer
for the Buffalo Courier-Express
and later, The Buffalo Evening News
, where he was a football
beat writer, a columnist, and rose to the position of Sports Editor.
Felser covered every one of the first 37 Super Bowls
, until his retirement, and was an impassioned advocate for American Football League
players nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
, for which he served on the board of selectors. In 1984, he was the youngest writer ever to receive the Dick McCann Memorial Award
for long and distinguished reporting of Professional Football. In 2000, he was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.
Felser, along with NFL Films
head Steven Sabol
, is among only a few people to have physically been present at every Super Bowl game.
Sports journalism
Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events.While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly called the toy department, because sports journalists do not concern themselves with the 'serious' topics covered by the news desk, sports...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
for the Buffalo Courier-Express
Buffalo Courier-Express
The Buffalo Courier-Express was a morning newspaper in Buffalo, New York. It ceased publication on September 1982.The Courier-Express was created in 1926 by a merger of the Buffalo Daily Courier and the Buffalo Morning Express. William James Conners, owner of the Buffalo Courier, brought the two...
and later, The Buffalo Evening News
The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is the primary newspaper of the Buffalo – Niagara Falls metropolitan area, and the area's only daily newspaper. It is the only newspaper owned by Berkshire Hathaway.-History:...
, where he was a football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
beat writer, a columnist, and rose to the position of Sports Editor.
Felser covered every one of the first 37 Super Bowls
Professional American football championship games
Below is a list of professional football championship games in the United States, involving:* the informal Pittsburgh circuit of professional football teams ;...
, until his retirement, and was an impassioned advocate for American Football League
American Football League
The American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...
players nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
, for which he served on the board of selectors. In 1984, he was the youngest writer ever to receive the Dick McCann Memorial Award
Dick McCann Memorial Award
The Dick McCann Memorial Award is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame "for long and distinguished reporting on professional football". The award was created in 1969 and is named for Dick McCann, who was the first director of the Hall of Fame...
for long and distinguished reporting of Professional Football. In 2000, he was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.
Felser, along with NFL Films
NFL Films
NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League, as well as other unrelated major events and awards shows...
head Steven Sabol
Steven Sabol
Stephen Douglas "Steve" Sabol is an American filmmaker. He is the president and one of the founding members of NFL Films....
, is among only a few people to have physically been present at every Super Bowl game.