10 Facts About Bill Stern

Bill Stern was an American actor and sportscaster who announced the nation's first remote sports broadcast and the first telecast of a baseball game.

In 1984, Stern was part of the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame's inaugural class which included sportscasting legends Red Barber, Don Dunphy, Ted Husing and Graham McNamee.

Bill Stern was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1935, on his way home from a football game in Texas, the car Bill Stern was in got into an accident, injuring him severely enough that his left leg had to be amputated just above the knee.

Bill Stern later expressed regret about writing the article; the Browns did lose the World Series that year, 4 games to 2, to their hometown rivals on their home field, Sportman's Park, which the Browns owned, but shared with the St Louis Cardinals.

One day, while doing radio play-by-play for a football game, as a player broke away towards a long run for a touchdown, Bill Stern misidentified the runner several times as he ran toward the goal.

In 1949, Bill Stern waded into "The Great Curveball Debate" about who invented the curveball in the 19th century, Candy Cummings or Fred Goldsmith.

Bill Stern discovered that he could perform an amazing trick.

Bill Stern became a star with the Chicago White Stockings.

Bill Stern lived the last 15 years of his life in Rye, New York.