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| birth_name = Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.
| birth_name = Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|01|03}}<ref name=Lucas3>Lucas, p.3</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|01|03}}<ref name=Lucas/>{{Rp|3}}
| birth_place = [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], U.S.<ref name=Lucas3/>
| birth_place = [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], U.S.<ref name=Lucas/>{{Rp|3}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|10|1939|01|03}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|10|1939|01|03}}
| death_place = [[Livingston, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Livingston, New Jersey]], U.S.
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'''Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.'''<ref name=Lucas>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DOlBAAAQBAJ&q=Where+did+the+Astaires+live+in+Weehawken|title=Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles|first1=Ed|last1=Lucas|first2=Christopher|last2=Lucas|date=April 21, 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781476785851|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{Rp|2}} (January 3, 1939 – November 10, 2021) was an American blind sportswriter who primarily covered the [[New York Yankees]].

'''Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.'''<ref>Lucas, p.2</ref> (January 3, 1939 – November 10, 2021) was an American blind sportswriter who primarily covered the [[New York Yankees]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Lucas grew up in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]] and attended St Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=3DOlBAAAQBAJ&dq=Where+did+the+Astaires+live+in+Weehawken&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s|title=Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles|first1=Ed|last1=Lucas|first2=Christopher|last2=Lucas|date=April 21, 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref><ref>https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/08/14/on-the-streets-where-we-live-23/</ref></ref>
Born in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], Lucas grew up in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]] and attended St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City.<ref name=Lucas/><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2007 |title=On The Streets Where We Live |url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/08/14/on-the-streets-where-we-live-23/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Hudson Reporter}}</ref>
Lucas was blind from 1951, when he was 12 years old. He was pitching in a pickup game on October 3, 1951—the day of [[Bobby Thomson]]'s "[[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|Shot Heard 'Round the World]]"— when a line drive hit him in the face.<ref>{{cite web| author = Dotson, Bob| date = April 12, 2006| url = http://www.today.com/id/12271170/ns/today/t/baseball-field-dreams-blind-reporter| title = Baseball a field of dreams for blind reporter| work = [[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]}}</ref> The accident resulted in the loss of his sight.<ref>{{cite web| author = Coyne, Kevin| date = March 18, 2007| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18NJCol.html?| title = Baseball Stole His Eyes, but Not His Passion| work = [[The New York Times]]}}</ref> From 1964, Lucas was a reporter and broadcaster.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080806&content_id=1451180&vkey=4| title=The Ed Lucas Show| work = yesnetwork.com| date= September 19, 2008}}</ref>
Lucas was blind from 1951, when he was 12 years old. He was pitching in a pickup game on October 3, 1951—the day of [[Bobby Thomson]]'s "[[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|Shot Heard 'Round the World]]"— when a line drive hit him in the face.<ref>{{cite web| author = Dotson, Bob| date = April 12, 2006| url = http://www.today.com/id/12271170/ns/today/t/baseball-field-dreams-blind-reporter| title = Baseball a field of dreams for blind reporter| work = [[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]}}</ref> The accident resulted in the loss of his sight.<ref>{{cite web| author = Coyne, Kevin| date = March 18, 2007| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18NJCol.html?| title = Baseball Stole His Eyes, but Not His Passion| work = [[The New York Times]] | url-access = subscription}}</ref> From 1964, Lucas was a reporter and broadcaster.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080806&content_id=1451180&vkey=4| title=The Ed Lucas Show| work = yesnetwork.com| date= September 19, 2008}}</ref>


He was an alumnus of [[Seton Hall University]], having received a [[bachelor's degree]] in communication arts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18852024/lucas_wasnt_blind_to_lifelong_ambition/|title=Lucas wasn't blind to lifelong ambition|newspaper=[[Home News Tribune|The Central New Jersey Home News]]|page=7|date=November 1, 1977|access-date=April 2, 2018|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2006, Lucas and his second wife, Allison Pfeifle, were the first couple to be married on the field of [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]; they had been introduced to each other by [[Phil Rizzuto]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18852184/a_home_run_in_yankee_stadium/|title=A home run in Yankee Stadium|newspaper=[[Independent Record]]|location=[[Helena, Montana]]|page=2|date=March 11, 2006|access-date=April 2, 2018|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
He was an alumnus of [[Seton Hall University]], having received a [[bachelor's degree]] in communication arts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18852024/lucas_wasnt_blind_to_lifelong_ambition/|title=Lucas wasn't blind to lifelong ambition|newspaper=[[Home News Tribune|The Central New Jersey Home News]]|page=7|date=November 1, 1977|access-date=April 2, 2018|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2006, Lucas and his second wife, Allison Pfeifle, were the first couple to be married on the field of [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]; they had been introduced to each other by [[Phil Rizzuto]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18852184/a_home_run_in_yankee_stadium/|title=A home run in Yankee Stadium|newspaper=[[Independent Record]]|location=[[Helena, Montana]]|page=2|date=March 11, 2006|access-date=April 2, 2018|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>


Lucas was featured in ''Bleacher Boys'', a 2009 documentary about blind baseball fans,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1362179/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2a |title=Bleacher Boys (2009) |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJAswPyqtU |title=Bleacher Boys |access-date=April 2, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and in an April 2018 episode of ''SC Featured'' on [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2018/03/lucas_to_be_featured_on_espn.html |title=Baseball columnist Ed Lucas to be featured on ESPN |first=Harvey |last=Zucker |newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>
Lucas was featured in ''Bleacher Boys'', a 2009 documentary about blind baseball fans,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1362179/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2a |title=Bleacher Boys (2009) |website=[[IMDb]] |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJAswPyqtU |title=Bleacher Boys |date=30 October 2008 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and in an April 2018 episode of ''SC Featured'' on [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2018/03/lucas_to_be_featured_on_espn.html |title=Baseball columnist Ed Lucas to be featured on ESPN |first=Harvey |last=Zucker |newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>


He died from pulmonary fibrosis on November 10, 2021, at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/11/ed-lucas-blind-sports-journalist-and-inspiration-to-so-many-dies-at-82.html|title=Ed Lucas, blind sports journalist and inspiration to so many, dies at 82 |first=Harvey |last = Zucker |newspaper= The Jersey Journal|date=November 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/sports/ed-lucas-dead.html|title=Ed Lucas, Blind Baseball Chronicler, Is Dead at 82|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|date=November 16, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
A resident of [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey]], Lucas died from pulmonary fibrosis on November 10, 2021, at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/11/ed-lucas-blind-sports-journalist-and-inspiration-to-so-many-dies-at-82.html|title=Ed Lucas, blind sports journalist and inspiration to so many, dies at 82 |first=Harvey |last = Zucker |newspaper= The Jersey Journal|date=November 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/sports/ed-lucas-dead.html|title=Ed Lucas, Blind Baseball Chronicler, Is Dead at 82|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 16, 2021}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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== References ==
== References ==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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|publisher = [[Seton Hall University]]
|publisher = [[Seton Hall University]]
|access-date = 2018-01-16
|access-date = 2018-01-16
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309190945/http://www.shu.edu/news/article/56329#
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309190945/http://www.shu.edu/news/article/56329
|archive-date = 2014-03-09
|archive-date = 2014-03-09
|url-status = dead
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*{{cite web
*{{cite web
| url = http://articles.philly.com/1988-05-05/news/26264046_1_lucas-files-radio-station-darryl-strawberry
| url = http://articles.philly.com/1988-05-05/news/26264046_1_lucas-files-radio-station-darryl-strawberry
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905215636/http://articles.philly.com/1988-05-05/news/26264046_1_lucas-files-radio-station-darryl-strawberry
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = September 5, 2014
| title = His Special View Of Baseball In Spite Of Blindness, Ed Lucas Reports On The Game
| title = His Special View Of Baseball In Spite Of Blindness, Ed Lucas Reports On The Game
| work = philly-archives
| work = philly-archives
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*{{cite web
*{{cite web
| url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2974097
| url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2974097
| title = Rizzuto, Yankee Hall of Famer, dies at age 89
| title = Rizzuto, Yankee Hall of Famer, dies at age 89
| work = ESPN.com
| work = ESPN.com
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.SeeingHomeBook.com}}
* [http://www.theedlucasfoundation.org Ed Lucas Foundation]
* [http://www.theedlucasfoundation.org Ed Lucas Foundation]
* {{imdb name|3275343}}
* {{IMDb name|3275343}}


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[[Category:American blind people]]
[[Category:Seton Hall University alumni]]
[[Category:Seton Hall University alumni]]
[[Category:Writers from Jersey City, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Writers from Jersey City, New Jersey]]
[[Category:People from Weehawken, New Jersey]]
[[Category:People from Weehawken, New Jersey]]
[[Category:People from Union Township, Union County, New Jersey]]
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 31 October 2024

For the American baseball player and coach, see Ed Lucas (baseball).
Ed Lucas
Born
Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.

(1939-01-03)January 3, 1939[1]: 3 
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.[1]: 3 
DiedNovember 10, 2021(2021-11-10) (aged 82)
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSeton Hall University
OccupationSportswriter
Years active1964–2021
Known forSports reporter
SpouseAllison Pfeifle
Children2

Edward Joseph Lucas Jr.[1]: 2  (January 3, 1939 – November 10, 2021) was an American blind sportswriter who primarily covered the New York Yankees.

Biography

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Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Lucas grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey and attended St. Joseph's School for the Blind in Jersey City.[1][2] Lucas was blind from 1951, when he was 12 years old. He was pitching in a pickup game on October 3, 1951—the day of Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"— when a line drive hit him in the face.[3] The accident resulted in the loss of his sight.[4] From 1964, Lucas was a reporter and broadcaster.[5]

He was an alumnus of Seton Hall University, having received a bachelor's degree in communication arts.[6] In 2006, Lucas and his second wife, Allison Pfeifle, were the first couple to be married on the field of Yankee Stadium; they had been introduced to each other by Phil Rizzuto.[7]

Lucas was featured in Bleacher Boys, a 2009 documentary about blind baseball fans,[8][9] and in an April 2018 episode of SC Featured on ESPN.[10]

A resident of Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Lucas died from pulmonary fibrosis on November 10, 2021, at the age of 82.[11][12]

Works

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  • Lucas, Ed; Lucas, Christopher (2015). Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles. Gallery/Jeter Publishing. ISBN 978-1476785837.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lucas, Ed; Lucas, Christopher (April 21, 2015). Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781476785851 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "On The Streets Where We Live". Hudson Reporter. August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  3. ^ Dotson, Bob (April 12, 2006). "Baseball a field of dreams for blind reporter". Today.
  4. ^ Coyne, Kevin (March 18, 2007). "Baseball Stole His Eyes, but Not His Passion". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "The Ed Lucas Show". yesnetwork.com. September 19, 2008.
  6. ^ "Lucas wasn't blind to lifelong ambition". The Central New Jersey Home News. November 1, 1977. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "A home run in Yankee Stadium". Independent Record. Helena, Montana. March 11, 2006. p. 2. Retrieved April 2, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bleacher Boys (2009)". IMDb. 18 September 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Bleacher Boys". 30 October 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2018 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Zucker, Harvey (March 29, 2018). "Baseball columnist Ed Lucas to be featured on ESPN". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  11. ^ Zucker, Harvey (November 10, 2021). "Ed Lucas, blind sports journalist and inspiration to so many, dies at 82". The Jersey Journal.
  12. ^ Sandomir, Richard (November 16, 2021). "Ed Lucas, Blind Baseball Chronicler, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times.

Further reading

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