clayton trutor

Northfield, Vermont United States

Historian, Writer

Education

Clayton Trutor is a history professor at Norwich University. He is the author of Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta--and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports (University of Nebraska Press, 2022). Loserville examines the pursuit, arrival, and response to professional sports in Atlanta during its first decade as a major league city (1966–75). It scrutinizes the origins of what remains the primary model for acquiring professional sports franchises: offers of municipal financing for new stadiums. clayton trutor is a graduate of Boston College and the University of Vermont. clayton trutor is interested in sports, music, and popular culture.