Mel Allen
Announcer, Military Person
1913 – 1996
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Who was Mel Allen?
Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions. Years after his death, he is still promoted as having been the "Voice of the New York Yankees." In his later years, he gained a second professional life as the first host of This Week in Baseball.
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- Born
- Feb 14, 1913
Birmingham - Also known as
- Melvin Allen Israel
- The Voice of the Yankees
- Melvin Allen
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Alabama
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Jun 16, 1996
Greenwich
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on July 23, 2013
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