abstract:Al Stump (October 20, 1916 – December 14, 1995), was an American author and sports writer. Stump spent a great deal of time with Ty Cobb before Cobb's death.
According to several historians, since Cobb's death in 1961, three pieces of writing by journalist Al Stump an article in True Magazine and two biographies have most shaped Cobb's image in American culture.