Street Cred

Street Cred'

Allen Rosenfeld earned a Masters Degree in History from Wayne State University in Detroit. He then completed the necessary hours for a Ph D at that same university, lacking only a dissertation. For the most part, he supported his wife and three children as a member of the family business - residential construction. But during the slow periods he worked as a journalist, reporter, or editor - winning several awards including that of the Michigan Press Association, and as part of a team that won a Neiman for excellence in the field of labor press.

In the 1940's and 1950's he competed, undistinguishedly, as an amateur boxer. And during this period he worked as an assistant to the very distinguished trainer and cornerman Theodore McWhorter, who handled, among others, George Chuvallo. In the 1950's Mr. Rosenfeld also covered Michigan boxing for the magazine Boxing and Wrestling Illustrated, and during the Thomas Hearns era he was the Michigan correspondent for The Ring.

His biography of Charley Burley is the product of about five years work, but, in a larger sense, it is the product of a youth misspent in gyms and arenas.

How many people can say they served in the military, boxed in the military, AND witnessed A Bomb testing ??

Below are samples of his journalistic skills.

Article written for The Daily Collegian, published Thursday, Apr. 3rd, 1958

Article written for The Detroit Daily Emergency Press, published Sunday, Aug. 9th, 1964

Article written for The Detroit Daily Emergency Press, published Monday, Aug. 10th, 1964

Article written for The Detroit Daily Emergency Press, published Wednesday, Aug. 12th, 1964

Article written for The Detroit Daily Emergency Press, published Monday, Aug. 17th, 1964

Show me a great writer that hasn't had anything rejected
and I'll show you a great chef that's never thrown away any food ... fat chance.

Article written for The Detroit Daily Emergency Press, published ???day, Aug. ??, 1964

Article written for The Michigan Chronicle, published Saturday, Apr. 2nd, 1968