14 Facts About Bill Mazer

Bill Mazer won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964 to 1966.

Bill Mazer is recognized as the host of the first sports talk radio show in history that launched in March 1964 on WNBC.

Bill Mazer earned the nickname "The A-Maz-In" for his deep knowledge of sports trivia.

Bill Mazer's broadcasting career began in 1942, broadcasting in Grand Rapids, Michigan before joining the United States Military that same year.

Bill Mazer's show was one of the pioneer examples of modern sports talk show in America.

Bill Mazer filled in for segments of the long-running NBC Radio series Monitor, even hosting on occasion.

Bill Mazer served as a color commentator and studio host, working with play-by-play announcer Dan Kelly on CBS' National Hockey League coverage from 1969 to 1970, including the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Bill Mazer did sideline reporting for CBS coverage of the NFL in the late 1960s.

Bill Mazer co-hosted the program Sports Extra, which originally teamed him up with Lee Leonard and then later with Brian Madden, respectively.

Bill Mazer hosted a WFAN sports show from Mickey Mantle's restaurant from 1988 to 1991, and returned to the station on June 30,2007, to host an hour-long show from 10 to 11 AM during the station's 20th-anniversary celebration and reunion weekend.

Bill Mazer was a morning talk show host on WEVD, where he expanded to a comprehensive liberal talk format from 1992 to 2001.

Bill Mazer appeared on the cable TV show The Leon Charney Report, as well as minor parts in movies such as Eyewitness, Raging Bull and appearing in episodes of ESPN SportsCentury as an expert on sport figures including Gordie Howe, Lawrence Taylor and Mickey Mantle.

Bill Mazer's last show on WVOX was aired on August 3,2009, ending his tenure at the station after nearly eight years.

Bill Mazer's death was reported on October 23,2013, at the age of 92.