American Football Kicking Hall of Fame
January 2013
Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism
Union League Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
May 2015
Frederick B. Mitchell Scholarship
Wittenberg University
May 2000 — Endowed scholarship given annually since 2000 to the Wittenberg University upperclass student who excels in journalism and athletics.
Bill Gleason Sportswriter of the Year Award
Pitch & Hit Club
January 2010
Irv Kupcinet Media Award
Ed Kelly Sports Programs
May 2010
Jim Murray Outstanding Sportswriter of the Year Award
All-American Football Foundation
September 2000
Beck Award
Chicago Tribune
February 1985 — “For deft touch and enthusiastic writing style and for providing superior reporting of the 1984 Cubs’ season.”
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa)
Wittenberg University
May 2000
Lutheran College Football All-American
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
December 1968
Outstanding Sports Journalist Award
Gale Sayers Foundation
October 2015
Additional Honors & Awards
Wittenberg University Fellow (2001), American Football Association Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame (’99), Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Fame (’95), Chicago Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame (2010), Aunt Martha’s Youth Services Crystal Ball Award 2013