Thomas Hauser

Thomas C. Hauser (born 27 February 1946 in New York City, U.S.) is an American author.

He made his debut as a writer in 1978 with The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice. Horman's wife, Joyce Horman, and is parents, Edmund and Elizabeth Horman, cooperated with Hauser on the book describing both the fate of Charles and his family's quest to uncover the truth in Chile. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and adapted as Costa-Gavras's film Missing.

In 1981, he published a novel, Ashworth & Palmer, set in a fictional law firm, which was inspired by his experience as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1971 through 1977, following his graduation from Columbia Law School in 1970.

In 1991 he was awarded the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award for Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, a biography of the boxer.

He is a keen follower of boxing and is a staff writer for leading boxing website www.thesweetscience.com. and www.boxingscene.com

He is the former chairman and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America's membership committee.

Thomas Hauser (alpine skier)

Thomas Hauser (born 27 October 1953, in Zell am Ziller) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics.

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Thomas Hauser (disambiguation)

Thomas Hauser was the Austrian skier.

Thomas Hauser (footballer)

Thomas Hauser (born 1 April 1965 in Schopfheim) is a German retired football player.

Club career

Youth football

Hauser started his youth football with local team Sportclub Schopfheim, playing there until he left school. In 1980 he transferred to FC Basel and played in their youth team in the highest level of youth football in Switzerland. In 1981 Basel became Swiss youth champions and Hauser was the league top goal scorer.

Basel

Aged just 17 years, Hauser trained and played regularly in Basel's first team. Between 1982 and 1988 he scored over 30 goals for his team in the Swiss Nationalliga A and the Swiss Cup. In 1983 he won the Uhrencup with Basel, scoring a goal in the semi final match against FC Grenchen. After a turbulent time with a financially troubled FC Basel, and following the club's relegation to the Nationalliga B at the end of the 1987–88 season, Hauser transferred to local rivals BSC Old Boys. He played with them for six months before transferring to Sunderland during the winter break.