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Bob Wolff(1928-2017)

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Robert Alfred Wolff (November 29, 1920 - July 15, 2017) was an American radio and television sportscaster.

He began his professional career in 1939 on CBS in Durham, North Carolina while attending Duke University. He was the radio and TV voice of the Washington Senators from 1947 to 1960, continuing with the team when they relocated and became the Minnesota Twins in 1961. In 1962, he joined NBC-TV.

In his later years, Wolff was seen and heard on News 12 Long Island, on MSG Network programming and doing sports interviews on the Steiner Sports' Memories of the Game show on the YES Network.
BornFebruary 15, 1928
DiedJuly 15, 2017(89)
BornFebruary 15, 1928
DiedJuly 15, 2017(89)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

1962 World Series (1962)
1962 World Series
TV Series
  • Self - Pregame Host
The NFL on CBS (1956)
The NFL on CBS
7.6
TV Series
  • Self - Color Commentator(Baltimore)
AFL on ABC (1960)
AFL on ABC
TV Series
  • Self - Announcer
Legend to Legend - Conversations with Bob Wolff (2005)
Legend to Legend - Conversations with Bob Wolff
Video
  • Writer
  • 2005

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Actor



  • Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Alfre Woodard, and Zelda Harris in Crooklyn (1994)
    Crooklyn
    7.0
    • Baseball Announcer (uncredited)
    • 1994

Writer



  • Legend to Legend - Conversations with Bob Wolff (2005)
    Legend to Legend - Conversations with Bob Wolff
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2005

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  • Official site
    • Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Born
    • February 15, 1928
    • Portland, Maine, USA
  • Died
    • July 15, 2017
    • South Nyack, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Jane HoyMay 5, 1945 - July 15, 2017 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Book: "It's Not Who Won or Lost the Game-: It's How You Sold the Beer". Diamond Communications ISBN-13: 978-1888698008
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    • 3 Articles

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    Two-time winner of the New York EMMY Award.

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