Comments on: Excerpt on Dave Egan

By: In verdas memory

In verdas memory — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:50:00 +0000

Dave egan was a good man and had a great wife name verda. Thru her I was told many good stories of the past an yes in those days everyone like the drink. They had a differant life style and to this day I will alway remember the stories she told of the life style of the wife of a sports writer Dave Egan. I have been to the house on the hill in wakefield and I know it must have been busseling with the people attending the parties she so foundly talked about. I heard of the horse track owner and the boxers and have seen first hand the pictures and memoralbilia she had she was like a mother to me and I will never forget her showing me how the other half lived and she was never a snob she was down to earth and happy women.

By: whatsay

whatsay — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:20:13 +0000

Dave Egan was a total jerk.

By: Leo Coughlin

Leo Coughlin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:24:04 +0000

Dave Egan was an outstanding man, notwithstanding some glaring shortcomings. A poor boy from Rhode Island he went to Harvard College on scholarship and then to the Harvard Law School. When he was at the Law School he worked at Huyler’s Ice Cream parlor on Tremont Street in Boston and as a sports rewriteman for the Boston Globe. He ranked as a great sports writer with Jimmy Cannon. Their like has not been seen since their passing. Egan’s life was shortened by his alcoholism, regrettably. He lived in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and was a regular attendee at St.Patrick’s Church in neighboring Stoneham.

By: AA

AA — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:18:48 +0000

OK … now somebody go to the Boston Public Library, make copies of a hearty sampling of Egan’s columns from the microfilm and the scan them in for us to see. And be quick about it!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:19:53 +0000

You can bet that when Joe Haggerty finally shuffles off this mortal coil that Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron, Milan Lucic, Dustin Pedroia, JD Drew, and Kevin Youkilis will all step up wonder: “Who the hell is Joe Haggerty?”