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Known for. Broadcaster for the New York Mets. Robert Allan Murphy (September 19, 1924 – August 3, 2004) was an American sportscaster who spent 50 years doing play-by-play of Major League Baseball games on television and radio. The Oklahoman was best known for announcing the New York Mets, from their inception in 1962 until his retirement in 2003.
Aug 3, 2004 · Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Murphy, who covered the New York Mets from the team's inception in 1962 until his retirement after last season, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Jun 3, 2019 · A local sportscast is in many ways more valuable than an ESPN hour. There, you have to wade through segments about LeBron James and NFL power ratings to maybe get a glimpse of your local team. In a local sportscast it’s all telescoped down in a couple of minutes. And viewers would like to know what their local sportscaster thinks about the ...
Aug 4, 2004 · Bob Murphy, the baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster who called New York Mets games from the team’s inception in 1962 until his retirement after last season, died Tuesday. He was 79. Murphy, who ...
Bob Murphy, ASA member and longtime New York Mets sportscaster, died on August 3, 2004, at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Fla., from lung cancer. He was 79. He was 79. Murphy, who retired after the 2003 season, was a fixture in the Mets broadcast booth since the team’s inception in 1962.
Robert Allan Murphy was a renowned American sportscaster with a career spanning 50 years in Major League Baseball play-by-play broadcasting. Born on September 19, 1924, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Murphy began his broadcasting journey with the minor league Muskogee Reds. By 1954, he had entered the major league, announcing for the Boston Red Sox alongside Curt Gowdy. Brief stints with the
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2002 – Bob Murphy. Born in Oklahoma, on September 19, 1924, legendary sportscaster Bob Murphy, broadcast New York Mets games on radio and television for more than 40 seasons. Murphy began his broadcasting career in 1947, broadcasting minor league games. Then in 1954 he got his first Major League job, broadcasting Boston Red Sox games ...
