Bob Wolff

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Bob Wolff was a renowned American sportscaster best known for his decades-long career calling Major League Baseball, NBA, and other major sporting events.

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Bob Wolff canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
radio sports commentator ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ
television sports commentator ⓘ
awardReceived Curt Gowdy Media Award ⓘ
Ford C. Frick Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coveredEvent 1956 World Series ⓘ
Don Larsen's perfect game ⓘ
NBA Finals games ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals

NFL championship games ⓘ
coveredLeague Major League Baseball ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ
coveredSport baseball ⓘ
basketball ⓘ
football ⓘ
coveredTeam New York Knicks ⓘ
Washington Senators (1901–1960) ⓘ
surface form: Washington Senators
dateOfBirth 1920-11-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-07-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Duke University ⓘ
employer ABC Sports ⓘ
Dumont Television Network ⓘ
Madison Square Garden Network ⓘ
Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
NBC Sports ⓘ
News 12 Networks ⓘ
surface form: News 12 Long Island

WPIX ⓘ
surface form: WPIX-TV
givenName Robert ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Curt Gowdy Media Award ⓘ
surface form: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (as Curt Gowdy Media Award recipient)

Ford C. Frick Award ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame (as Ford C. Frick Award recipient)
nickname Bob ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the longest careers in sportscasting history ⓘ
notableWork Major League Baseball play-by-play announcing ⓘ
NBA play-by-play announcing ⓘ
NFL play-by-play announcing ⓘ
World Series radio broadcasts ⓘ
surface form: World Series broadcasting
occupation radio personality ⓘ
sports announcer ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ
television presenter ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
South Nyack, New York ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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