Richard Pennington (writer)
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| Richard Pennington with Abner Haynes, in 2016 Richard Pennington with Abner Haynes, in 2016 | |
| Born | December 9, 1952 Dallas, Texas |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (BA, 1976) |
| Notable works | Breaking the Ice / Racial Integration of Southwest Conference Football (1987) |
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Richard Pennington (born December 9, 1952) is an American writer, editor, and advocate. He has lived in South Korea since 2007.[1] His most recent work, A Seoul Miscellany / Memories and Analyses, Critiques and Musings of Richard Pennington, was published in 2015. He works as an editor in Seoul, South Korea.[2]
Early Life and Education[edit]
Pennington was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School, Victor H. Hexter Elementary School, Robert T. Hill Junior High School, and Bryan Adams High School in Dallas. He entered the University of Texas in September 1971 and graduated with a history degree in May 1976.[3] Pennington had an undistinguished academic career at UT, managing just a C average. He also spent a semester at Stephen F. Austin State University.[4]
Career[edit]
For several years after college, Pennington rambled. He lived in Austin, Texas; Lexington, Kentucky; Durham, North Carolina; and Denton, Texas; and worked at a series of blue-collar jobs.
After two years of journalism and creative writing courses at UT , he began his writing career. From mid-1986 through 1990, Pennington wrote a biweekly column about running in the Austin American-Statesman[5], sometimes doing articles about football and basketball. He also wrote articles for magazines such as Third Coast, Runner’s World and Running Through Texas, as well as several books.[3]
As of 2018[update], his projects are Travels of an American−Korean, 2014−2019 and what is essentially part II of his autobiography, A Seoul Miscellany.
Published Works[edit]
All of Pennington’s books are nonfiction, and most pertain to sports history. The most notable are:
- Breaking the Ice / Racial Integration of Southwest Conference Football (McFarland, 1987) (ISBN 0899502954 Search this book on
.) - “For Texas, I Will" / The History of Memorial Stadium (Historical Publications, 1992) (ISBN 1881825019 Search this book on .)
- Coming to Texas / International Students at the University of Texas (UT Ex-Students’ Association, 1994) (ISBN 0963500228 Search this book on .)
- Meet the Need / A History of the Austin Diagnostic Clinic (ADC, 1995)
- Longhorn Hoops / The History of Texas Basketball (University of Texas Press, 1998) (ISBN 0292765851 Search this book on .)
- Home Field / An Illustrated History of 120 College Football Stadiums (Eakin Press, 2003) (ISBN 1571686746 Search this book on .)
- Texas Longhorns Football History A to Z (Maple Street Press, 2007) (ISBN 9781934186138 Search this book on .)
- Travels of an American-Korean, 2008−2013 (CreateSpace.com, 2014) (ISBN 9781494360818 Search this book on .)
- A Seoul Miscellany / Memories and Analyses, Critiques and Musings of Richard Pennington (CreateSpace.com, 2015) (ISBN 1511954027 Search this book on .)
In addition to this he also wrote Trivia Teasers on the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Denver Broncos, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Browns, and the St. Louis Cardinals[6]; as well as 500 Fascinating Facts about the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Advocacy[edit]
Between 2013 and early 2017, Pennington was the director of an NGO entitled the Committee to Bring Jikji Back to Korea.[1] He and his Korean colleagues gathered approximately 7,500 names on a petition and drew attention to the issue in newspapers, magazines, and radio and television shows.[7][8] As of 2017, Jikji remains in the firm hold of the National Library of France.[9]
Even before the Jikji campaign concluded, Pennington began another campaign. As he had seen Abner Haynes of the Dallas Texans of the American Football League play in the Cotton Bowl, Pennington researched Haynes’ life as never before and wrote many articles about him. He made a case for Haynes as the premier running back in college football in the 1959 season. Only racism, Pennington asserted, had held Haynes back: racism on the part of coaches and administrators of Southwest Conference schools, the media, and Texas society as it then was. Pennington advocated for Haynes by sending e-mails to more than 900 members of the Football Writers Association of America. Pennington wanted Haynes in the College Football Hall of Fame and made a case on his behalf.[10] Ultimately, however, he failed.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Looking for Jikji, the World's Oldest Moveable Metal Print Book". Heart To Heart. 2014-02-10. Arirang TV.
- ↑ "Richard Pennington". LinkedIn.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seale, Avrel (January 1995). "Coming To Texas". The Alcalde: 23. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ Pennington, Richard (2015). A Seoul Miscellany: Memories and Analyses, Critiques and Musings of Richard Pennington. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1511954027. Search this book on
- ↑ "Austin American-Statesman Archive". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ↑ OpenLibrary.org. "Richard Pennington, 2007 - search | Open Library". openlibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ Jun, Ji-Hye (2014-02-07). "American calls for France to return 'Jikji'". www.koreatimes.co.kr. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
- ↑ "Fighting to bring back the first mass-printed book". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ↑ Redman, David; Woo Kwang-Hoon (Directors) (Jun 28, 2017). 직지코드 [Dancing With Jikji] (Documentary). South Korea.
- ↑ Sherrington, Kevin (2016-01-16). "College Legend gets support from afar". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
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