his stories when the rest of the writers had started using computers. Books Zimmerman wrote the football tome The Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football (Dutton; revised edition, 1970) and his 1984 update of that book, The New Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football (Simon & Schuster). His other books include Football Lingo (WW Norton 1967, with Zander Hollander); The Linebackers (a 1972 short text for Scholastic Press); The Last Season of Weeb Ewbank (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1974); and Duane Thomas and the Fall of America's Team (Warner Books 1988; credited to Thomas and Zimmerman, it contains diary entries by Thomas but otherwise the text is that of Zimmerman). Zimmerman's memoir "Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer" (Triumph Books) was released in September 2017, with stories compiled and edited by Peter King of Sports Illustrated's MMQB site. Personal life and death He was married to Dr. Kate Hart for 20 years. They had two children, Sarah and Michael. Zimmerman married Linda Bailey in 1997. Zimmerman suffered a stroke on November 22, 2008, which, combined with two later strokes, left him unable to walk or write and only able to speak a few words (yes, no and when); after the stroke, his ability to communicate was extremely limited, only able to make rough gestures. He was still believed to be of sound mind through what he could communicate as of 2013. He died November 1, 2018, from complications of the strokes. Legacy In 2018, Sport Illustrated published "Dr. Z’s Ultimate Legacy," which called Dr. Z "master of analysis." References External links Sports Illustrated's Dr. Z Archive 1932 births 2018 deaths Writers from Philadelphia Writers from the Bronx Military personnel from Philadelphia Horace Mann School alumni Sportswriters from Pennsylvania Columbia Lions football players Dick McCann Memorial Award recipients National Football League announcers Stanford Cardinal football players Deaths from cerebrovascular disease United States Army soldiers American male non-fiction writers Jewish American writers Sportswriters from New York (state) Columbia University alumni 21st-century American Jews