Johnny Most

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Johnny Most was a legendary American sports broadcaster best known as the longtime, passionately partisan radio voice of the Boston Celtics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
human
radio announcer
sports broadcaster
associatedWith Bill Russell
Red Auerbach
awardReceived Curt Gowdy Media Award
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame media inductee
burialPlace Sharon Memorial Park
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1923-06-15
dateOfDeath 1993-01-03
employer Boston Celtics
WHDH radio
WRKO
endTime 1990
ethnicGroup Jewish American
fullName John Michael Most
genre sports broadcasting
givenName John
hallOfFameInductionYear 1993
knownFor colorful, partisan commentary
excitable, emotional play-by-play style
languageOfWorkOrName English
medium radio
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
militaryService United States Army Air Forces
nationality American
nickname Johnny Most
notableCall Havlicek stole the ball!
notableFor passionately partisan Celtics broadcasts
radio voice of the Boston Celtics
occupation radio play-by-play announcer
sports broadcaster
sportscaster
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
placeOfDeath Hyannis
Massachusetts
residence Boston
sportCovered basketball
startTime 1953
stateOfBirth New York
stateOfDeath Massachusetts
teamCovered Boston Celtics
workLocation Boston Garden
yearsActive 1953–1990


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