Mel Allen

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baseball broadcaster human sportscaster

Mel Allen was a legendary American sportscaster best known as the longtime voice of the New York Yankees and one of baseball’s most iconic broadcasters.

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Mel Allen canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball broadcaster ⓘ
human ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ
almaMater University of Alabama ⓘ
awardReceived Ford C. Frick Award ⓘ
burialPlace Temple Beth-El Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ
calledEvent multiple All-Star Games ⓘ
multiple World Series ⓘ
catchphrase How about that! ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateAwarded Ford C. Frick Award ⓘ
surface form: Ford C. Frick Award 1978
dateOfBirth 1913-02-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-06-16 ⓘ
describedAs legendary American sportscaster ⓘ
educatedAt University of Alabama School of Law ⓘ
employer CBS Radio ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
New York Yankees ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Israel ⓘ
fieldOfWork sports broadcasting ⓘ
fullName Melvin Allen Israel ⓘ
genre sports commentary ⓘ
givenName Melvin ⓘ
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
influenced later generations of baseball broadcasters ⓘ
knownFor New York Yankees play-by-play announcer ⓘ
baseball broadcasting ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableWork This Week in Baseball ⓘ
occupation radio broadcaster ⓘ
sportscaster ⓘ
television broadcaster ⓘ
placeOfBirth Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Greenwich, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
role host of This Week in Baseball ⓘ
sportCovered baseball ⓘ
teamCovered New York Yankees ⓘ
voiceOf New York Yankees radio broadcasts ⓘ
New York Yankees television broadcasts ⓘ
yearsActive 1930s–1990s ⓘ

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Ford C. Frick Award → firstRecipient → Mel Allen ⓘ
Graham McNamee → influenced → Mel Allen ⓘ
American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Mel Allen ⓘ
World Series radio broadcasts → notableAnnouncer → Mel Allen ⓘ
1947 World Series → radioAnnouncer → Mel Allen ⓘ
New York Yankees broadcasters → notableBroadcaster → Mel Allen ⓘ