RIP John Leptich

John Leptich died of bone cancer on Monday.

He most recently was a sports writer/copy editor at the East Valley Tribune. Before that he was a sports writer at the Chicago Tribune. He covered schools and the Sting (soccer) besides working on the desk.

He also was a sports memorabilia buff. In fact, his biggest story involved a Nolan Ryan card bought for a few dollars by a boy. He even appeared on Nightline to talk about this article.


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-04-23/sports/9102060192_1_baseball-card-suit-walter-maksym-bryan-wrzesinski

 

Sad news. John livened up many a press box, and many a story.

 

John was a good man and a terrific friend.

 

Here is the obituary on John in the East Valley Tribune:


http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/article_a763a294-8958-11df-bb76-001cc4c002e0.html

 

A baseball card-savy kid bought a $1,200 Nolan Ryan rookie card off an unsuspecting clerk who mistagged the card for $12.
It was a good story.