Ernie Harwell

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Ernie Harwell was a beloved American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio voice of the Detroit Tigers and one of baseball’s most iconic broadcasters.

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instanceOf baseball broadcaster
human
sportscaster
almaMater Emory University
awardReceived Ford C. Frick Award
Peabody Award
birthDate 1918-01-25
birthPlace Washington, Georgia
surface form: Washington, Georgia, United States
causeOfDeath bile duct cancer
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2010-05-04
earlyCareer sportswriter for The Atlanta Constitution
employer Baltimore Orioles
Brooklyn Superbas
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Detroit Tigers
San Francisco Giants
surface form: New York Giants (MLB)
fieldOfWork sports journalism
fullName William Earnest Harwell
genre play-by-play commentary
sports broadcasting
givenName William
hallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
honor press box at Comerica Park named in his honor
statue at Comerica Park
inductedInto Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
National Radio Hall of Fame
knownFor radio voice of the Detroit Tigers
language English
mediaType radio
television
militaryService United States Marine Corps
nickname Ernie Harwell self-link
notableFor distinctive, poetic play-by-play style
notableQuote “Looooong gone!”
notableWork Detroit Tigers radio broadcasts
numberOfChildren 4
occupation radio broadcaster
sportscaster
television broadcaster
religion Baptist
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
sport baseball
spouse Lulu Harwell
workPeriod 1940s–2000s
wrote Baseball memoirs and essays

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Ernie Harwell nickname Ernie Harwell self-link