Eric Hansen
Encyclopedia
Eric C. Hansen is an American
sportswriter with the South Bend Tribune
. The University of Notre Dame
football
beat writer and an assistant sports editor
for the newspaper, Hansen has also written two books on Notre Dame football. Stadium Stories: Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Colorful Tales of the Blue and Gold (2004) won a first-place prize for non-fiction
books from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
. The book recounted many tales of Notre Dame's football history. In 2005 Hansen published Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?, a collection of stories and interviews about former Notre Dame football players. Hansen has won a number of national writing awards from the Football Writers Association of America
, and was a member of the FWAA committee that chose the 2006 college All-American team.
A Cleveland, Ohio
native and a graduate of Ohio State University
, Hansen has covered college sports since 1983. He was managing editor of the Irish Sports Report, a publication about Notre Dame sports, for seven years. He currently resides in South Bend, Indiana
with his two sons.
United States
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sportswriter with the South Bend Tribune
South Bend Tribune
The South Bend Tribune is a newspaper distributed in the Michiana region. There are five editions for distribution in southwestern lower Michigan, Mishawaka , Marshall County, and the South Bend Metro area. The South Bend Tribune has a daily circulation of 70,703 and Sunday circulation of...
. The University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
beat writer and an assistant sports editor
Editing
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for the newspaper, Hansen has also written two books on Notre Dame football. Stadium Stories: Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Colorful Tales of the Blue and Gold (2004) won a first-place prize for non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
books from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
. The book recounted many tales of Notre Dame's football history. In 2005 Hansen published Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?, a collection of stories and interviews about former Notre Dame football players. Hansen has won a number of national writing awards from the Football Writers Association of America
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...
, and was a member of the FWAA committee that chose the 2006 college All-American team.
A Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
native and a graduate of Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, Hansen has covered college sports since 1983. He was managing editor of the Irish Sports Report, a publication about Notre Dame sports, for seven years. He currently resides in South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana
The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
with his two sons.