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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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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