He spent his retirement as a sports historian and writer.

He would say, as a devout sports historian, that he has absorbed the lessons of those who preceded him.

John Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a noted sports historian, author, and cultural commentator.

As sports historians are aware, the court was originally raised several feet above ground level in order to put it above the snow level.

No one believed them then, nor do any sports historians believe them now.

However the threat, by Roosevelt, to eliminate football is disputed by sports historians.

The book the documented the scandal and was used by sports historians for the next 70 years.

He was also a sports historian and author.

Some of the anachronisms in fight songs are too subtle to bother any but the most obsessive sports historians.

He was considered by sports historians as one of the greatest tackles of his era.