Marv Albert
American sportscaster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American sportscaster. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is commonly called "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks." He was also the lead play by play announcer for NBA on NBC and NBA on TNT.
Albert has called the play-by-play of six Super Bowls, NBA Finals and seven Stanley Cup Finals.
On June 6, 2011, it was said that Albert was joining CBS Sports to call play-by-play for The NFL on CBS.[1]
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Honors and awards
- Cable ACE Award – six times.[2]
- Curt Gowdy Media Award – awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1994.[3]
- American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year (Play-by-Play) – 1996.[4]
- Emmy Award – for national sports: five times; for New York: three times.[2]
- Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 2006.[5]
- National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 1992.[6]
- New York State Sportscaster of the Year – twenty times.[2][6]
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References
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