Albert Simon Hirshberg (May 10, 1909 – April 13, 1973),[1] was an American writer and sportswriter whose work was published primarily from the 1930s to the 1960s.
He served as an officer in the United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.
Hirshberg wrote several books on the history of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, and co-wrote dozens of other people's memoirs, often, but not exclusively, about baseball players and/or Boston area sports figures and teams.
[5][6] Hirshberg had continued sportswriting until his death and had moved to Longboat Key, Florida for the winter.
He died of a heart attack at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida on April 13, 1973, age 63.