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🎙🎂On January 25, 1918 Ernie Harwell was born in Washington, Georgia.🎂🎙
•Birth Name: William Earnest Harwell
•College: Emory University
•Sports Covered: Baseball
•Years Active: 1943-2002
•Worked For: WSB-AM, WCBM-AM, WMAR-TV, WJR, WKBD-TV, WXYT-AM, NBC Radio, CBS Radio and ESPN Radio
•Teams Covered: Atlanta Crackers (1943, 1948), Brooklyn Dodgers (1948–1949), New York Giants (1950–1953), Baltimore Orioles (1954–1959), Detroit Tigers (1960–1991, 1993–2002) and California Angels (1992)
•Awards & Highlights: Ford C. Frick Award (1981), 19-time National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Michigan Sportscaster of the Year, Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting (2001), Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Ernie Harwell Lifetime Contribution Award (2009) and Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)
•Legacy: Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame (1991), the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame (1989), The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (1998), the National Radio Hall of Fame (1998), Emory University Hall of Fame (1990) and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (2008)
*In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Harwell 16th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time. Harwell was the only broadcaster to be traded for a player (Cliff Dapper).
•Died: May 4, 2010 (aged 92) in
Novi, Michigan
🎙🎂On November 29, 1927 Vin Scully was born in The Bronx, New York.🎂🎙
•Birth Name: Vincent Edward Scully
•High School: Fordham Preparatory School (also known as Fordham Prep - Bronx)
•College: Fordham University
•Sports Covered: Major League Baseball, NFL and PGA Tour golf
*Scully called basketball, football and baseball games while at Fordham and helped found Fordham’s FM radio station WFUV
•Teams Covered: Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1950–2016)
*While the Dodgers were in Brooklyn Dodgers, the games were broadcast over WMGM radio (1050) on the AM dial (now WEPN (1050 AM)), as well as WOR-TV (channel 9) (now WWOR-TV) both in New York
•Worked For: CBS Sports (1975–1982) and NBC Sports (1983–1989)
•Years Active: 1949-2016
•Awards: Ford C. Frick Award (1982), Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award (2014), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016), Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, 4-time National Sports Media Association National Sportscaster of the Year (1965, 1978, 1982, 2016), California Sportscaster of the Year (33 times) and American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Century (2000)
•Legacy: Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, induced into the Radio Hall of Fame (1995), the California Sportscaster Hall of Fame (1991), the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame (1992) and the California Sports Hall of Fame (2009)