John McEvoy

John McEvoy (1936–2019), a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, was a newspaper reporter and college English professor who subsequently served as Midwest editor, then senior writer, for Daily Racing Form.He was the author of Great Horse Racing Mysteries and Round Table, and coauthor with his daughter, Julia McEvoy, of Women in Racing: In Their Own Words. John McEvoy was also the author of Through the Pages of Daily Racing Form, a historical overview of American Thoroughbred racing based on material that appeared in that newspaper’s first one hundred years. In addition, McEvoy published a book of poetry.