Bob Hammel (2008) - Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame

Bob Hammel

Induction:
2008

Journalism career spanned 50 years, including 30 as sports editor and 40 as a columnist at the Bloomington Herald-Times … covered more than 1,000 IU football and basketball games … covered 3 NCAA basketball championships and the school's first 8 bowl games … represented the nation's smallest regularly credentialed newspaper in covering 5 Olympic Games and 23 NCAA Basketball Final Fours … covered IU athletes in Olympic basketball, track and swimming trials, and NCAA track, swimming and soccer championship events … also covered 29 Indiana high school basketball championship games … the only person to have been President of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, the Football Writers Association, and the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association … cited in the International Basketball Hall of Fame (as a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award), the College Football Hall of Fame (as a recipient of the Football Writers' Bert McGrane Award), and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (as a Silver Medal recipient) … was named Indiana Sportswriter of the Year 17 times and has been inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, and the Indiana Sportswriters and Broadcasters Hall of Fame … authored or co-authored 11 books, including Glory of Old IU, a 100-year history of Indiana University Athletics, published in 1999 … most recent book is The Bill Cook Story, which was released in September 2008.