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Philip Bryan Field [1] was an American horse racing writer, announcer, and track manager. He is credited as one of the first people to apply the term "Triple Crown" to the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Field announced races for CBS television, CBS radio, and Mutual Broadcasting System. [5] [6] As a broadcaster he was noted for his "Irish-British-New York accent". [7] He also went by the name Thomas Bryan George during his early radio career. [8]

He also served as turf editor of The New York Times . [5] In his June 8, 1930, column he wrote that Gallant Fox had "completed his triple crown" by winning the Belmont Stakes. This is one of the first known mentions of the term "Triple Crown" in American horse racing. [2] [3] [4]

Field was also general manager of Delaware Park Racetrack. [9] He was praised for managing to reopen the track in 1944 after it had closed the previous year as a result of World War II. [10]

Field died on December 15, 1968, of a heart attack at the age of 68. [11]

In 1980, he was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Red (December 19, 1968). "Bryan Field Remodeled Race Tracks for People". Boston Globe.
  2. 1 2 Hunter, Avalyn (2003). American Classic Pedigrees. Eclipse Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-1-58150-095-0.
  3. 1 2 Mitchell, Elizabeth (2003). Three Strides Before the Wire: The Dark and Beautiful World of Horse Racing. Hyperion. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-7868-8622-7.
  4. 1 2 Capps, Timothy T. (2003). Secretariat. Eclipse Press. p. 12. ISBN   978-1-58150-091-2.
  5. 1 2 "Bryan Field Becomes Daddy While Telling Radio Fans of Race". Schenectady Gazette. September 7, 1931. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Programming Notes". The Telegraph-Herald. August 17, 1942. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Services for Bryan Field Set for Today". Chicago Tribune. December 17, 1968.
  8. ↑ "Radio and Theater News". The Portsmouth Times. October 20, 1932. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bryan Field Chosen Manager of Delaware". Montreal Gazette. March 10, 1944. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  10. ↑ A. R. A. (July 9, 1944). "And Still - The Winner Bryan Field". The Sunday Morning Star. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "Bryan Field, Turf Official, Dies af 68". The New York Times. December 15, 1968.
  12. ↑ "Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware - 1980". www.desports.org.
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