Lonnie Wheeler (1952–2020)

Author of The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues

About the Author

Lonnie Wheeler was born in 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from the University of Missouri, he worked for several newspapers including the Anderson Independent in South Carolina, the Clarion Ledger in Mississippi, and the Cincinnati Enquirer. He eventually transitioned into magazine show more work and writing books. His fist two books, The Cincinnati Game and Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field, were published in 1988. His other works include I Had a Hammer, Stranger to the Game, and Long Shot. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Lonnie Wheeler

Bleachers: A Summer in Wrigley Field (1988) 32 copies

Intangiball: The Subtle Things That Win Baseball Games (2015) 18 copies

Baseball Hall of Fame: Biography Mickey Mantle (1990) 16 copies

The Cincinnati game (1988) 13 copies

Blue Yonder : Kentucky : The United State of Basketball (1998) 10 copies

The Road Back: The Cincinnati Bengals (2006) 2 copies

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Associated Works

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story (1991) 342 copies, 1 review

Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson (1994) 100 copies, 1 review

Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk About How the Game Is Played (2009) 93 copies, 4 reviews

Long Shot (2013) — with — 83 copies, 3 reviews

Pitch by Pitch: My View of One Unforgettable Game (2015) 65 copies, 2 reviews

The Baseball Anthology: 125 Years of Stories, Poems, Articles, Photographs, Drawings, Interviews, Cartoons, and Other Memorabilia (1994) — Contributor — 62 copies

Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young (1994) 24 copies

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Legal name: Wheeler, Lonnie Morrison
Birthdate: 1952-03-27
Date of death: 2020-06-09
Gender: male
Education: University of Missouri
Occupations: sportswriter
newspaper columnist
reporter
Organizations: The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Post
Relationships: Gibson, Bob (collaborator, friend)
Cause of death: cardiac arrest
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Places of residence: Kirksville, Missouri, USA
Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Place of death: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues by Lonnie Wheeler

I looked forward to reading this book about Mr. Bell and enjoyed it. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times when I was young and his kindness made an impression on me. He took out time to talk with my mother and I about his learning the game as a youngster growing up in Mississippi. In the book, sports journalist, Bob Broeg is credited with saying, “Cool Papa Bell was a noble man, an elegant man”. That is certainly what I remember about him and it comes through in this show more wonderful book. :-) show less

Apr 28, 2022