Jack Moss
Jack Moss was born and raised in Kalamazoo. He attended Kalamazoo State High School (later U-High and now no longer in operation). After high school Jack went on to enroll in Western Michigan University until the end of his junior year. At that time he took a full time position with the Kalamazoo Gazette in 1948. During the next 54 years Jack worked for the Gazette in all but 2 years while he served in the Korean Conflict.
If you were a high school athlete or coach in the Kalamazoo area or a college athlete at Western Michigan University or Kalamazoo College, you appreciated the great sports coverage that was in the Kalamazoo Gazette. Over the years Jack Moss made it one of the best sports papers in Michigan and around the country. For his efforts he won 9 Associated Press Writing Awards. He also helped found the Mid-American Conference Media Association.
His career allowed him to cover the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, 21 major college bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, etc), NCAA Men's and Women's Finals, U.S. Open, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open Golf and much more. Most writers would say that those big events were the highlight of their careers...but not Jack Moss. Jack considers his most memorable moments in sports were covering the local Kalamazoo sports scene and working closely with athletes and coaches. This, he considered, is the purest of sports. Jack Moss took pride in his work and in his positive stance on prep athletics.
Jack was instrumental in the extending and detailed coverage of the KCC Invitational during it's formative years. The tournament received daily front page headlines that generated thousands of local fans to visit the KCC grounds. Jack was inside the ropes and found great pleasure in reporting on our storied tournament year after year.
Today, Jack is retired and living in Fort Myers, FL with his wife of 53 years, Janet. They have 3 children: John, Tom, and Barbara.
If you were a high school athlete or coach in the Kalamazoo area or a college athlete at Western Michigan University or Kalamazoo College, you appreciated the great sports coverage that was in the Kalamazoo Gazette. Over the years Jack Moss made it one of the best sports papers in Michigan and around the country. For his efforts he won 9 Associated Press Writing Awards. He also helped found the Mid-American Conference Media Association.
His career allowed him to cover the Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, 21 major college bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, etc), NCAA Men's and Women's Finals, U.S. Open, Wimbledon, the U.S. Open Golf and much more. Most writers would say that those big events were the highlight of their careers...but not Jack Moss. Jack considers his most memorable moments in sports were covering the local Kalamazoo sports scene and working closely with athletes and coaches. This, he considered, is the purest of sports. Jack Moss took pride in his work and in his positive stance on prep athletics.
Jack was instrumental in the extending and detailed coverage of the KCC Invitational during it's formative years. The tournament received daily front page headlines that generated thousands of local fans to visit the KCC grounds. Jack was inside the ropes and found great pleasure in reporting on our storied tournament year after year.
Today, Jack is retired and living in Fort Myers, FL with his wife of 53 years, Janet. They have 3 children: John, Tom, and Barbara.
