Dan Jenkins - 1929
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Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Texas
I. Upbringing and Professional Life
Dan Jenkins was born on December 2, 1929, in Fort Worth, Texas. He attended Texas Christian University and has lived in Texas most of his life. Jenkins has worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press , Dallas Times Herald, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy. In 1985, he retired and began writing books full time.
Larry King has called Jenkins "the quintessential Sports Illustrated writer" and "the best sportswriter in America." Jenkins has written numerous works and over 500 articles for Sports Illustrated. In 1977, Jenkins wrote his first novel, Semi-Tough, and his latest work, Rude Behavior is appropriately the sequel to his first book. Jenkins now lives in Florida with his family.
II. Works by Dan Jenkins
Dead Solid Perfect
Semi-Tough (1977)
The Best American Sports Writing (1995)
Baja Oklahoma
Life, Its Ownself
Rude Behavior (1999)
Sammy Baugh: Best There Ever Was
Saturday's Americ
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate
John David Crow, Heart of a Champion
Fairways and Greens: The Best Golf Writing of Dan Jenkins
Darrell Royal: Dance with Who Brung Ya
I'll Tell You One Thing: The Untold Truth about Texas, America, and College Football with Pictures to Prove It.
This essay was submitted by a student of Sheryl Row, a teacher at Jesuit College Preparatory of Dallas, in Texas.