page_title: Jim Coleman (journalist)
section_title: Later work
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Coleman (journalist) / Career / Later work
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the Pengrowth Saddledome within Stampede Park as seen from the observation deck of the Calgary Tower
context_page_description: James Alexander Coleman CM was a Canadian sports journalist, writer and press secretary. His journalism career began with The Winnipeg Tribune in 1931, and included tenures with The Province and The Globe and Mail. He became Canada's first national print syndication sports columnist in 1950, writing for The Canadian Press and Southam Newspapers. He also appeared as a radio sports commentator and hosted The Jim Coleman Show on CBC Television, and served as press secretary for the Ontario Jockey Club and Stampede Park in Calgary. His father was D'Alton Corry Coleman, a former journalist and later president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. While travelling about North America to sporting events as a youth with his father, Coleman developed a lifelong love of horse racing, Canadian football and ice hockey.
  Coleman was active for 70 years as a journalist, preferred to use a typewriter instead of a computer, wrote four books, and his final column was published on the day he died. Fellow journalist Milt Dunnell felt that Coleman "was one of the finest sports writers in North America".
context_section_description: Coleman retired from Southam Press in 1983, then served as the press secretary for Stampede Park in Calgary for three years starting in 1984.
  Coleman subsequently wrote three more books. Hockey Is Our Game (1987) was a reflection his 50-year career in hockey. Long Ride On A Hobby Horse (1990) were his memoirs from a career in sports journalism. Legends of Hockey: The Official Book of the Hockey Hall of Fame (1996) was a series of short biographies to accompany a pictorial essay.
  In retirement, Coleman wrote a weekly opinion column and compiled a nostalgia column called "Memory Lane" for The Province. His final column published on the day he died. With the advent of computers, Coleman preferred to continue on a typewriter until the end. He was referred to as an "elder statesman" by colleagues at The Province, who would regularly gather around him in the cafeteria for advice and to listen to stories. He had proclaimed himself the "vice-president in charge of ancient history" at The Province.
caption: Stampede Park as seen from the Calgary Tower
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