David Hirshey‘s “Better Call Paul” tribute upon the 90th birthday of Soccer America columnist Paul Gardner prompted other pioneering Americansoccer journalists, including George Vecsey (New York Times), Grahame Jones (Los Angeles Times), Michael Lewis and Dan Woog, toshare their views of the Gardner influence. Here’s a sampling from them and others in the soccer community who have been reading Gardner since he started reporting on American soccer half a centuryago.
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