Stan Fischler

Author of Uptown, Downtown: A Trip through Time on New York’s Subways

About the Author

Stan Fischler is a legend of sports broadcasting. He began his career as a publicist for the New York Rangers in 1954 and has been covering hockey for more than half a century since. The winner of seven Emmy Awards, Fischler has worked in every medium from print to TV to Twitter. This "Hockey show more Maven" currently serves as the resident hockey expert for MSG and MSG Plus. He appears on weekly MSG Networks features and as a commentator on Islanders and Devils games. He lives in New York City. show less

Includes the names: Stan Fischer, Stan Fischler, Stanley Fischler

Series

Hockey stars

Works by Stan Fischler

Great Book of Hockey : More Than 100 Years of Fire on Ice (1991) 45 copies

Subways of the World (2000) 43 copies

The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit (1997) 34 copies

Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Bruins (1969) 26 copies

The Subway and the City: Celebrating a Century (2004) 21 copies

20th Century Hockey Chronicle (1994) 20 copies

Next Stop Grand Central: A Trip Through Time on New York's Metropolitan Area Commuter Railroads (1986) 19 copies

Boom Boom Geffrion: The Life and Times of Bernard Geoffrion (1996) 18 copies

Moving millions: An inside look at mass transit (1979) 16 copies, 1 review

Hockey! The Story of the World's Fastest Sport (1969) 14 copies

Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn (1995) 14 copies

Hockey Stars of 1972 (1972) 13 copies

Hockey stars of 1973 (1972) 13 copies

Gordie Howe (1967) 12 copies

Long Island Rail Road (2007) 12 copies

The Best, Worst and Most Unusual in Sports (1977) 11 copies

Strange But True Hockey Stories (1970) 10 copies

Detroit Red Wings Greatest Moments and Players (2002) 10 copies

The Greatest Players and Moments of the Philadelphia Flyers (1998) 9 copies

Bobby Clarke and the ferocious Flyers (1974) 9 copies

The hockey encyclopedia: The complete record of professional ice hockey (1983) 8 copies

Hockey Chronicle (2002) 8 copies

Hockey stars of 1974 (1973) 8 copies

New York Rangers Greatest Moments and Players (2007) 7 copies

Golden Ice (1990) 7 copies

The comeback Yankees (1979) 7 copies

Stan Fischler's Sports stumpers (Tempo books) (1977) 7 copies

Off Side : Hockey from the Inside (1985) 6 copies

Having a Career Day: 101 Incredible Baseball Feats (2014) 6 copies

Slashing!: Hockey's most knowledgeable critic tells what should be done to save the game (1975) 6 copies

Behind the Net: 101 Incredible Hockey Stories (2013) 6 copies

Everybody's hockey book (1983) 6 copies

Rangers vs. Islanders: Denis Potvin, Mark Messier, and Everything Else You Wanted to Know about New York?s Greatest Hockey Rivalry (2016) 5 copies

This is hockey (1975) 5 copies

We Are the Rangers: The Oral History of the New York Rangers (2013) 5 copies

Heroes of Pro Hockey (1971) 5 copies

The Fast-Flying Wings (1972) 5 copies

Hockey Stars of 1975 (1974) 4 copies

Hockey's great rivalries (Pro hockey library) (1974) 4 copies

Fischler's Illustrated History of Hockey (1993) 4 copies

Bad Boys: Legends of Hockey's Toughest, Meanest, Most-Feared Players! (1994) 4 copies

Hockey Stars Speak: In-Depth Interviews With the Nhl's Biggest Stars (1996) 4 copies

The blazing North Stars (1972) 4 copies

Ultimate Bad Boys: Hockey's Greatest Fighters (1999) 4 copies

Hockey stars of 1971 (Pyramid sports) 4 copies

Motor City Muscle: Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuk & the Championship Detroit Red Wings (1995) 4 copies

Pride and Passion: 25 Years of New York Islanders (1996) 4 copies

The burly Bruins; hockey's tempestuous team (1971) 4 copies

The Flakes of Winter (1992) 4 copies

The champion Bruins;: Stanley Cup winners (1972) 3 copies

Hockey's 100: A Personal Ranking of the Best Players in Hockey History (1984) 3 copies

THE RIVALRY - Canadiens vs Leafs (1991) 3 copies

The Handy Hockey Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series) (2015) 3 copies

Slapshot! (1973) 3 copies

Hockey stars of 1970 3 copies

Fischlers' hockey encyclopedia (1975) 3 copies

The inside story of pro hockey’s boy wonder and his free swinging friends: Bobby Orr and the Big, Bad Bruins (2013) 3 copies

Garry Unger and the battling Blues (1976) 3 copies

Showdown! Baseball's Ultimate Confrontations (1977) 3 copies

Best-Worst-in Sports (1979) 3 copies

Metro Ice, A Century of Hockey in Greater New York Starring: Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Americans, Rovers, Raiders, Ducks, St. Nicks (1999) 3 copies

Go Leafs, Go! The Toronto Hockey Story. (1971) 2 copies

Speed and style : the Montreal Canadiens (1975) 2 copies

Bad Boys (1991) 2 copies

Golden Ice: The Greatest Teams in Hockey History (1990) 2 copies

Gordie Howe The Story Of Ice-hockey's All Time High Scorer His Fantastic Career And His Amazing Records (1969) 2 copies

Who's Better: Rangers, Devils, Islanders or the Flyers (2009) 2 copies

Behind the Net: 106 Incredible Hockey Stories (2016) 2 copies

Hot Goalies: Legends of the Best Puck Stoppers Past and Present (1997) 2 copies

Goalies: Legends from the Nhl's Toughest Job (1995) 2 copies

Power play: The story of the Toronto Maple Leafs 2 copies

More Stan Fishchler's Sports Stumpers (1978) 2 copies

Heroes & history: Voices from the NHL's past! (1994) 2 copies

Fire on ice;: Hockey's superstars (Reward books) (1974) 2 copies

Getting into Pro Soccer (Getting Into the Pros) (1979) 2 copies

Those were the days; the lore of hockey (1976) 2 copies

Who's Who in Hockey (2003) 2 copies

The New Breed: Hockey's Hot Young Superstars (1982) 2 copies

Saga of the St. Louis Blues (1972) 2 copies

Chicago's Black Hawks (1972) 2 copies

Rangers vs. Islanders: Denis Potvin, Mark Messier, and Everything Else You Wanted to Know about New York's Greatest Hockey Rivalry (2021) 1 copy

Hockey's greatest teams 1 copy

UPTOWN, DOWNTON: A Trip Through Time on New York’s Subways (2018) 1 copy

The Triumphant Islanders: Hockey's New Dynasty (1976) 1 copy

Bad Boys II: More Legends of Hockey's Toughest, Meanest, Most-Feared Players! (1994) 1 copy

Showdown - Baseball's Ultimate Confrontations 1 copy

Fischlers' ice hockey encyclopedia (1980) 1 copy

The Subway and the City, Celebrating a Century 1 copy

The Greatest Players and Moments of the Boston Bruins (1999) 1 copy

Make Way for the Leafs: Toronto's Comeback (1975) 1 copy

The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Subways 1 copy

Hockey! The Story of the World's Fastest Sport 1 copy

Stan Mikita; the turbulent career of a hockey superstar (1969) 1 copy

Hockey Stars of 1969 1 copy

Toronto Maple Leafs (1986) 1 copy

Bobby Orr And The Big, Bad Bruins (Illustrated) (1971) 1 copy

Amazing Trivia From The World Of Baseball (1984) 1 copy

I've Got to Be Me 1 copy

The Greates Maple Leafs 1946-51 (1994) 1 copy

Kings of the rink (1978) 1 copy

The Roaring Rangers and the Emile Francis Years (1971) 1 copy

The Flying Frenchmen: Hockey's Greatest Dynasty 1 copy

The Rivalry : Leafs vs. Canadiens (1991) 1 copy

Phil Esposito (1975) 1 copy

Up from the minor leagues of hockey 1 copy

New York's Rangers: The icemen cometh (Reward books) (1974) 1 copy

The All-New Hockey's 100 (1988) 1 copy

More bad boys : from Dave "the Hammer" Schultz and Paul Holmgren to Brendan Shanahan and Nick Kypreos, and more of hockey's toughest, meanest players (1995) 1 copy

The Scoring Punch 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (1999) — Contributor — 200 copies, 1 review

Grapes: A Vintage View of Hockey (1982) 43 copies

Ranger Fever (1973) 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1932-03-31
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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blinddj49 1 review

Moving millions: An inside look at mass transit by Stan Fischler

Excellent book on mass transit history. Fischler is more than a little biased toward streetcars, but he still covers the era well. He does accept the theory that General Motors et al. conspired together to close down streetcar companies in order to "encourage" transit riders to purchase cars; Bradford Snell's testimony before Congress and GM's reply to Snell are included at the end of the book.

May 13, 2016