Bronc Burnett is the hero in these stories about football, baseball, and scouting novels set in Sonora, New Mexico by Wilfred McCormick published between 1948 and 1967.
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Wilfred McCormick, though born in Newland, Indiana, in 1903, can be considered one of New Mexico's most successful and prolific authors. His parents moved to New Mexico when he was a child and, by his own account, he grew up as a cowboy in the mountains once roamed by Billy the Kid. After high school in Hagerman, McCormick played semi-professional baseball and basketball while attending the University of Illinois. Much of the background for his sports books was derived from this experience.
Returning to New Mexico in 1930, McCormick embarked on his life's work as a professional writer and lecturer. From then until he entered the army in 1942, he wrote hundreds of short stories for juvenile and western pulp magazines. After his discharge as a lieutenant colonel in 1946, McCormick moved his family to Albuquerque, where he lived until his death in 1983.
In 1948, McCormick published The Three-Two Pitch, the first of an enormously successful line of sports fiction for boys. Over the next twenty years, he wrote about fifty of these novels, which were much-acclaimed by educators, public figures, and youth groups. The most popular series revolved around Bronc Burnett, a high school athlete from the fictional village of Sonora, N.M. Others featured Dyke Redman, a college star, Roy Rolfe, a professional football player, and Rocky McCune, a high school and later a college coach.
Complementing his occupation as a writer, McCormick was a tireless speaker and lecturer. He once estimated that his appearances at conferences, workshops, graduations, dinner meetings, etc., numbered over 1,000. He also taught creative writing at UNTI's Community College from 1949 to 1976.
In addition to the demands of speaking, writing, and teaching, McCormick was active in Albuquerque community affairs. Through the years, he worked with many charitable and civic groups, such as the Society for Crippled Children and the Boy Scouts. A long-time Rotarian, McCormick was president of the Albuquerque club in 1952-53, and then was district governor in 1967-68.