Anita Martini

Anita Martini
Born March 3, 1939
Galveston, Texas
Died July 10, 1993
Houston, Texas
Occupation Sports journalist
Known for First female journalist admitted to a major league baseball team's locker room

Anita Marie Martini (March 3, 1939 - July 10, 1993) was an American sports journalist and broadcaster. She was the first woman to cover a Major League Baseball All-Star Game (1973) and the first female journalist allowed into a baseball locker room (after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros at the Astrodome to win the pennant in 1974).[1][2] Her career began in 1965[3] and spanned both radio and television. She was the first woman in a major radio market to co-host a sports talk show (with Mike Edmonds, 1972-1979 and 1986-1991).[4] She was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Footer, Alyson. "Notes: Club clarifies rotation changes". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Anita Martini; Sports Journalist, 54". NY Times. NY Times. July 11, 1993. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Creedon, Pamela (1994). Women, Media and Sport. Sage Publications. p. 133.
  4. ↑ "The Story of Anita Martini". YouTube. Houston Sports. December 19, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2017. The Jackie Robinson of women's sports
  5. ↑ McLane, Paul (July 6, 2015). "Texas Radio Hall of Fame Names New Inductees". Radioworld. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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