Thom Greer, the former sports editor, managing editor and editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, has died at age 69.
Greer was believed to be the first African-American to be sports editor of a major metropolitan newspaper. He was a member of the Associated Press Sports Editors when he was sports editor in Cleveland.
See the Plain Dealer for the complete obituary: http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2011/03/thomas_h_greer_was_a_pioneerin.html
