Pete Franklin
Broadcast Artist
1927 – 2004
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Who was Pete Franklin?
Pete Franklin, nicknamed "The King" and "Pigskin Pete", was an American sports talk radio host who worked in Cleveland, New York and San Francisco. He is widely credited with pioneering the more aggressive, acerbic and attention-grabbing form of the genre, which has since been adopted by generations of sports media personalities, and bringing it to a multinational listening audience.
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- Born
- Sep 22, 1927
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 23, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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