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Sam Taub
Sam Taub (Broadcaster. Born, New York, NY, Sept. 10, 1886; died, New York, NY, July 10, 1979.) Once the most famous name in boxing broadcasting, Sam Taub began his career in New York sports as a copy boy for the old Morning Telegraph, then edited by famed former western gunslinger Bat Masterson (q.v.). The young […]
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 […]