- Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees
| Born: | 14 February 1913 Comment | | When did Mel Allen die? / Died | 16 June 1996 | | How many years did Mel Allen live? / Lived | 83 years | | Zodiac sign: | Aquarius |
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Mel Allen facts
- During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions
- Years after his death, he is still promoted as having been the "Voice of the New York Yankees
- " In his later years, he gained a second professional life as the first host of This Week in Baseball
- In perhaps the most notable moment of his distinguished career, Allen called game 7 of the 1960 World Series, in which Bill Mazeroski hit a walk-off home run to win the fall classic for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- This is the only walk-off home run ever to occur in a game 7 of a World Series
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