Question: When was the author of the novel that Everybody's All-American was based on born?
Context: Gerard Irwin Nierenberg (27 July 1923 - 19 September 2012) was an American lawyer, author, and expert in negotiation and communication strategy.  Forbes named Nierenberg “The Father of Negotiation Training” for his exploration of negotiation strategies and tactics as well as his decades of work disseminating the philosophy that “in a successful negotiation, everybody wins.”  He published 22 books on the subject, and in 1966 he founded The Negotiation Institute where he began a legacy of government, corporate, and non-profit organizational reform based on his ideas of how negotiation impacts the lives of everyone.  The three core tenets of Nierenberg’s philosophy are (1) to be patient; (2) to strive to meet the needs of the opposition party in order to build sustainable relationships from which all parties feel that they have 'won'; and (3) to limit frustrations in all negotiations by embracing the fact that logic does not always lead to negotiated success.  Nierenberg left a wife, Juliet, with whom he had three sons: Roy, Roger, and George. Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist.  Over the course of four decades, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's "Morning Edition" radio program (from 1980 to 2017). Everybody's All-American is a 1981 novel by longtime "Sports Illustrated" contributor Frank Deford and later made into a motion picture directed by Taylor Hackford. Ready or Not is the sequel to the novel "All-American Girl".  Both were written by Meg Cabot, who is also the author of "The Princess Diaries".  The book takes place about one year after the events of "All-American Girl". Frederick "Fred" Stoller (born March 19, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, writer, and voice artist.  He is best known for portraying Gerard on "Everybody Loves Raymond".  He is also the voice of Stanley in the "Open Season" franchise, Fred the Squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy in Wordgirl, and Rusty the monkey wrench on Disney Jr.'s "Handy Manny". Everybody's All-American is a 1988 American sports drama film, released internationally as When I Fall In Love, directed by Taylor Hackford and based on the novel "Everybody's All-American" by longtime "Sports Illustrated" contributor Frank Deford. Janet Hobhouse (1948 – February 1, 1991) was an American novelist, biographer and editor.  The author of four novels, including the posthumously published "The Furies", her first published work was a biography of Gertrude Stein, "Everybody Who was Anybody".  She was a contributing editor to Art News and also published a monograph on artists' representation of the female nude in 20th century.  Born in New York City to Henry Hobhouse and Frances Liedloff, she attended the Spence School and Oxford University.  She died at the age of 42 due to cancer. Mark Winegardner (born November 24, 1961) is an American writer born and raised in Bryan, Ohio.  His novels include "The Godfather Returns", "Crooked River Burning", and "The Veracruz Blues".  He published a collection of short stories, "That's True of Everybody", in 2002.  His newest novel, "The Godfather's Revenge", was published in November 2006 by Putnam.  His "Godfather" novels continue the story of the Corleone family depicted in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather". Everybody Hates Chris is an American period sitcom that is based on the troubled teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock during the 1980s.  The show is set between 1982 and 1987, though Rock was a teenager between 1978 and 1984, being born in 1965.  In many of his interviews, Rock has described Montero as the reason he got into comedy in the first place.  The show's title parodies the hit CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond". John Stanley Hansen II (born August 29, 1949) is an American actor, author and retired professional wrestler.  Hansen is renowned for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesight.  He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody, which he further emphasized by appearing in interviews with a cowboy hat, leather vest and bullrope while often chewing on tobacco.  Considered to be the most successful and popular gaijin in professional wrestling history, Hansen became more well known and revered in Japan than in his native United States.  Regardless, Hansen found championship success in both countries.  He was also an NFL player for the Baltimore Colts early in his career.
Answer: December 16, 1938