Fenway
08-03-2004, 03:58 PM
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an odd tidbit Murphy worked for 3 teams, and the Mets won their only 2 titles against the other 2 - Boston and Baltimore
NEW YORK (CBS) Legendary Hall of Fame Mets announcer Bob Murphy has lost his battle with lung cancer.
He was 79 years old.
Murphy, who served as the Mets' announcer from 1962 until he retired last year, got his professional start in radio after World War II, when he called Muskogee Reds' games in Oklahoma.
After leaving his native Oklahoma, Murphy went east and joined Red Sox Radio. After his stint in Boston, he went to Baltimore for two years, before joining the Mets.
Murphy was the 1994 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.
an odd tidbit Murphy worked for 3 teams, and the Mets won their only 2 titles against the other 2 - Boston and Baltimore
NEW YORK (CBS) Legendary Hall of Fame Mets announcer Bob Murphy has lost his battle with lung cancer.
He was 79 years old.
Murphy, who served as the Mets' announcer from 1962 until he retired last year, got his professional start in radio after World War II, when he called Muskogee Reds' games in Oklahoma.
After leaving his native Oklahoma, Murphy went east and joined Red Sox Radio. After his stint in Boston, he went to Baltimore for two years, before joining the Mets.
Murphy was the 1994 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.