22 Facts About Bob Wolff

Robert Alfred Wolff was an American radio and television sportscaster.

Bob Wolff began his professional career in 1939 on CBS in Durham, North Carolina while attending Duke University.

Bob Wolff was the radio and TV voice of the Washington Senators from 1947 to 1960, continuing with the team when they relocated and became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.

Bob Wolff was born in New York City; he was the son of Estelle, a homemaker, and Richard Bob Wolff, a professional engineer.

Bob Wolff was a graduate of Duke University with Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honors.

Bob Wolff served in the US Navy as a supply officer in the Pacific during World War II, ending his service as a lieutenant.

Bob Wolff was a longtime resident of South Nyack, New York.

Bob Wolff's son Rick Wolff is an author, radio host for WFAN and former baseball player and coach.

Bob Wolff was the longest running sports broadcaster in television and radio history.

Bob Wolff is a recipient of the Ford C Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bob Wolff has been honored with induction into Madison Square Garden's Walk of Fame, the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, Sigma Nu fraternity Hall of Fame, and many others.

Bob Wolff became the pioneer TV voice of the Washington Senators in 1947, and moved with the team to Minnesota in 1961.

Also heard on Mutual's Game-of-the-Day, Bob Wolff was selected to be a World Series broadcaster in 1956 and that year called Don Larsen's perfect game across the country on the Mutual Broadcast System and around the world on the Armed Forces radio.

Bob Wolff was on NBC Radio for the World Series in 1958 and 1961.

Bob Wolff was seen and heard doing play-by-play on all the major TV networks.

Bob Wolff was the television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons for multiple seasons.

Bob Wolff was an announcer for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the National Horse Show, the Garden's college and pro basketball and hockey games, men and women's tennis, track and boxing events as well as gymnastics and bowling.

Bob Wolff did soccer games for the old Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Bob Wolff was one of very few American play-by-play announcers to have covered each of the four major team sports leagues as well as soccer, with Dale Arnold being another, having called games of all of Boston's major sport teams: the Bruins, Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, and Revolution.

For many years Bob Wolff was the play-by-play telecaster for all events originating from Madison Square Garden.

Bob Wolff was the TV voice of the New York Knicks' only two championships, in 1970 and in 1973.

Bob Wolff died on July 15,2017 at his home in South Nyack, New York at the age of 96.