[2] After graduating in 1926, Daley was hired almost immediately as a field reporter for The New York Times,[1] and for the rest of his life the newspaper would be "his one and only employer".
[3] Among his first major assignments was the 1927 heavyweight championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey – the infamous "Long Count Fight".
[3] His writing earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for "outstanding coverage and commentary on the world of sports"[5] in the category of "Local Reporting, No Edition Time".
[7] Beginning in 1969, he served on the board of directors of the Pro Football Writers Association,[8] and was a recipient of its Dick McCann Memorial Award.
[2] With a crowd of sporting world celebrities in attendance, his Roman Catholic funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral.