Ron Gabriel Award
The Ron Gabriel Award annually honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include but are not limited to magazine and journal articles, previously unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple authors, unpublished research papers, written versions of oral presentations, books, databases and websites.
Ron Gabriel (1941-2009), a native of Brooklyn, New York, and longtime resident of Bethesda, Maryland, was a former Vice President of SABR and instrumental in establishing the Bob Davids Chapter, which serves the Washington-Baltimore region. He was founder and president of the Brooklyn Dodger Fan Club, and a charter elected member of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Fame. Gabriel, who earned his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from American University, was a retired U.S. Government executive, having served with the Postal Service Management Institute, the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration.
2013 award nominations
To submit a nomination for the 2013 award, for works published in 2012, please send a copy of the work by January 31, 2013, to nominating committee chair Stephanie Liscio at stephanieliscio@yahoo.com.
The awards will be presented at the SABR 43 convention in Summer 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Previous winners of the Ron Gabriel Award
- Lyle Spatz, Dixie Walker: A Life in Baseball (McFarland & Co.)
