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Don Dunphy
Don Dunphy (Broadcaster. Born, New York, July 5, 1908; died, Mineola, N.Y., July 22, 1998.) Like many of the sportscasters who came to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s, Don Dunphy began his working career with aspirations to be a newspaper sportswriter, but his hopes were dashed when the New York World folded during his […]
Harry Balogh
Harry Balogh (Public address. Born, New York, NY, 1891; died, New York, NY, Aug. 16, 1961.) As a boxing ring announcer, Harry William Balogh had few peers. During his early years, Balogh was known as “the Voice of the Armories” in the days when nearly every major armory in New York and Brooklyn staged a […]
