Red Barber
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Red Barber was a pioneering American sportscaster best known for his influential baseball play-by-play broadcasting career, particularly with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Barber canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4032509 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Red Barber Context triple: [Ford C. Frick Award, firstRecipient, Red Barber]
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A.
Mel Ott
Mel Ott was a Hall of Fame right fielder and prolific power hitter of the 1930s and 1940s, renowned for his high leg kick and as one of the era’s premier sluggers.
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B.
Don Redman
Don Redman was an influential American jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader whose innovative orchestrations in the 1920s and 1930s helped shape the sound of big band swing.
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C.
Don Byas
Don Byas was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his sophisticated harmonic approach and as a key transitional figure between swing and bebop.
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D.
Billy Mauch
Billy Mauch was an American child actor best known for playing one of the identical twins in several 1930s films alongside his brother Bobby, including the adaptation of Mark Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper."
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E.
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw was an American jazz clarinetist and big band leader renowned for his virtuosity, innovative arrangements, and influential recordings during the swing era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Red Barber Target entity description: Red Barber was a pioneering American sportscaster best known for his influential baseball play-by-play broadcasting career, particularly with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees.
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A.
Mel Ott
Mel Ott was a Hall of Fame right fielder and prolific power hitter of the 1930s and 1940s, renowned for his high leg kick and as one of the era’s premier sluggers.
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B.
Don Redman
Don Redman was an influential American jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader whose innovative orchestrations in the 1920s and 1930s helped shape the sound of big band swing.
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C.
Don Byas
Don Byas was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his sophisticated harmonic approach and as a key transitional figure between swing and bebop.
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D.
Billy Mauch
Billy Mauch was an American child actor best known for playing one of the identical twins in several 1930s films alongside his brother Bobby, including the adaptation of Mark Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper."
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E.
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw was an American jazz clarinetist and big band leader renowned for his virtuosity, innovative arrangements, and influential recordings during the swing era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball announcer
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human ⓘ radio broadcaster ⓘ sportscaster ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Ford C. Frick Award ⓘ |
| catchphrase |
Can you believe it?
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Sittin’ in the catbird seat ⓘ Tearing up the pea patch ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-02-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1992-10-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Florida ⓘ |
| employer |
Brooklyn Superbas
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surface form:
Brooklyn Dodgers
CBS Radio ⓘ Cincinnati Reds ⓘ New York Yankees ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
baseball broadcasting
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sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| fullName | Walter Lanier Barber ⓘ |
| genre | sports commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| influenced |
Vin Scully
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modern baseball broadcasting style ⓘ |
| knownFor |
folksy, down-home broadcasting style
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popularizing colorful baseball expressions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ford C. Frick Award
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surface form:
National Baseball Hall of Fame (as Ford C. Frick Award recipient)
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| nickname | Red Barber self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering baseball play-by-play broadcasting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
World Series radio broadcasts
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surface form:
1947 World Series radio broadcasts
Brooklyn Dodgers radio broadcasts in the 1940s ⓘ The Old Redhead: Tales of the Red Barber ⓘ |
| occupation |
radio announcer
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sportscaster ⓘ television sportscaster ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Columbus, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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surface form:
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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| positionHeld |
play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds ⓘ play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees ⓘ |
| religion |
Southern Baptist Convention
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surface form:
Southern Baptist
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| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lylah Barber ⓘ |
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Subject: Red Barber Description of subject: Red Barber was a pioneering American sportscaster best known for his influential baseball play-by-play broadcasting career, particularly with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees.
Referenced by (8)
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