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Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy (Broadcasting. Born, Trenton, NJ, Mar. 31, 1914; died, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dec. 24, 1984.) Prior to 1948, there was no local television of baseball in New York as the three teams then active in the City generally agreed not to venture into the new medium. But after the successful telecast of the 1947 […]
Don Carney
Don Carney (Broadcaster. Born, Boston, MA, Aug. 31, 1922; died, Coral Springs, FL, Mar. 16, 2002.) For nearly 30 years, Donald Carney was the man in charge of Yankees telecasts. Carney succeeded Jack Murphy as the director of WPIX telecasts and literally called the shots until his retirement in 1987. He did numerous other sports as well, […]
