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Dan Jenkins


Born
in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States
December 02, 1929

Died
March 07, 2019

Genre
Sports, Fiction


Dan Jenkins was an American author and sportswriter, most notably for Sports Illustrated.

Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended R.L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played on the varsity golf team. Jenkins worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Playboy, and Sports Illustrated. In 1985 he retired from Sports Illustrated and began writing books full-time and maintained a monthly column in Golf Digest magazine.

Larry King called Jenkins "the quintessential Sports Illustrated writer" and "the best sportswriter in America." Jenkins authored numerous works and over 500 articles for Sports Illustrated. In 1972, Jenkins wrote his first novel, S ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 6,250 ratings · 413 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors
Semi-Tough
3.80 avg rating — 1,321 ratings — published 1972 — 31 editions
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Dead Solid Perfect
3.97 avg rating — 1,027 ratings — published 1974 — 16 editions
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Baja Oklahoma
3.98 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions
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You Gotta Play Hurt
4.06 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
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Life its Ownself
4.02 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions
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His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir
3.84 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions
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The Money-Whipped Steer-Job...
3.97 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions
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Unplayable Lies
3.61 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions
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Slim and None
3.95 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions
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Stick a Fork in Me
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“All day long I've been telling myself it's only a merry-go-round. Some people fall off quicker than others. No big mystery.”
― Dan Jenkins
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“Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.”
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“Laughter is the only thing that cuts trouble down to a size where you can talk to it. -- character Billy Clyde Puckett in Semi-Tough”
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