Dan Cook

A fixture on the San Antonio sports scene for five decades, Dan Cook is recognized as one of the most prominent sports columnists in the country and one of the top television personalities in South.​

Cook joined the San Antonio Express-News newspaper in 1952 as a sports reporter and copy editor, and five years later became a sports columnist. Also in 1957 he started his career as a sportscaster with KENS-TV when he was named Sports Editor for the Evening-News. In 1960 he was promoted to Executive Sports Editor of the Express-News. He has covered virtually every major sporting event, but his most memorable are 26 Super Bowl Games and 10 World Heavyweight Championship boxing matches. His most memorable interviews were with sport legends Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Arnold Palmer and A.J. Foyt.​

Cook twice served as President of the Texas Sportswriters Association and of the San Antonio Press Club. He twice received national awards for his columns and he has been honored by the Associated Press for his writing in five different decades.