Melvin Durslag (born April 29, 1921) is an American sportswriter.Durslag began writing for the Los Angeles Herald-Express in 1940. He wrote a sports column for Hearst papers in Los Angeles beginning in 1952. In 1989, he joined the Los Angeles Times. Durslag contributed an essay on Walter Alston to I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad.Durslag was elected into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1995. He was named a finalist for the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in the 2014 balloting.
Former columnist, the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Voting member of the ESPY Awards Academy. Member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Millionaire
1959
TV Series story - 1 episode
Cavalcade of America
1956
TV Series based on an article by - 1 episode
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
You Asked for It
1956
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2000-2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
NFL Films Presents
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Is Your Life
1971
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush (2007) as Himself
$19 Million
