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American sportscaster
Bob DeLaney
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Born
| Robert Joseph DeLaney
April 21, 1924
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Died
| November 25, 2008
(2008-11-25)
(aged 83?84)
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Nationality
| American
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Occupation(s)
| sportscaster and voiceover artist
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Robert Joseph DeLaney
(April 21, 1924 ? November 25, 2008) was an American sportscaster.
A 1942 graduate of
Elmira Free Academy
, DeLaney served in the
United States Army
in the
Pacific theater during World War II
, stationed in New Caledonia. After returning to the States, he attended
Syracuse University
and worked with radio station
WFBL
in Syracuse. When the
Boston Red Sox
and
Boston Braves
decided to separate their radio coverage in 1951,
Curt Gowdy
,
Tom Hussey
and DeLaney were hired to call Red Sox games on
WHDH
. At the end of the
1954 season
, DeLaney was hired to replace
Ernie Harwell
on
New York Giants
broadcasts. When the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, DeLaney was replaced by local announcer
Lon Simmons
.
After his stint with the Giants, DeLaney was hired as the announcer for live commercials for
Atlantic Refining Company
during
New York Yankees
games, a job he held for ten seasons. In April 1959, DeLaney became the announcer for
John F. Kennedy
's presidential campaign.
After the election, DeLaney worked as a television sports host in New York City from 1962 to 1968 on WPIX and called the
Ivy League
Football Game of the Week on radio from 1964 to 1968. During the 1970s he served as narrator for the
NFL Films Game of the Week
, a disc jockey at
WFAS
in
White Plains, New York
, and a freelance commercial
voiceover
artist.
He died on November 25, 2008, from complications of a stroke at
St. John's Queens Hospital
.
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