Vin Scully

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Vin Scully was a legendary American sportscaster best known for his six-decade tenure as the iconic play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball broadcaster
human
sportscaster
almaMater Fordham University
awardReceived American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Century
Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award
Ford C. Frick Award
Hollywood Walk of Fame star
National Radio Hall of Fame induction
Presidential Medal of Freedom
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredEvent 1955 World Series
1963 World Series
1965 World Series
1986 World Series
NFL games on CBS
PGA Tour golf
The Masters Tournament
World Series on NBC
dateOfBirth 1927-11-29
dateOfDeath 2022-08-02
educatedAt Fordham Preparatory School
employer Brooklyn Dodgers
CBS Sports
Fox Sports West
KABC
KNBC
KTTV
Los Angeles Dodgers
NBC Sports
Prime Ticket
endOfTenureWithDodgers 2016
familyName Scully
fieldOfWork Major League Baseball broadcasting
fullName Vincent Edward Scully
genre sports broadcasting
givenName Vincent
languageSpoken English
notableAchievement Called Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers games for 67 seasons
Longest-tenured broadcaster with a single Major League Baseball team
notableWork Los Angeles Dodgers radio and television play-by-play
occupation play-by-play announcer
sportscaster
placeOfBirth The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Hidden Hills, California, United States
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Joanne Scully
Sandra Hunt
startOfTenureWithDodgers 1950
styleOf storytelling play-by-play commentary
yearsActive 1949–2016


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