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Jerry Barksdale Byrd was born in Shreveport, La., on Oct. 4, 1935, received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Northwestern State College in May of 1957, and went to work as a sports writer at the Shreveport Journal at 6 o’clock the following morning.He was still at the Journal when it folded in 1991. Since then, he has worked at two other newspapers, the Minden Press-Herald and the Bossier Press-Tribune.Byrd was the second sports writer inducted into the Louisiana High School Athletic Assn. Louisiana High School Coaches¿ Assn. Hall of Fame in January of 2001. He was the first person to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches’ Assn. in 1992. He is the only sports writer to be selected \
