Howard Sanford "Hank" Greenwald was an American sportscaster, known best for being a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.
10 Facts About Hank Greenwald
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Hank Greenwald began his broadcasting career on WAER calling Syracuse Orange Football games during the heyday of Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, and Larry Csonka.
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Hank Greenwald was a broadcaster for the former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals.
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Hank Greenwald began calling games for the Giants in 1979, but ended this stint in 1986, after Hank Greenwald had a disagreement with station management.
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Hank Greenwald remained in San Francisco until 1996, when he announced his retirement.
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At the time he retired, Hank Greenwald had announced 2,798 consecutive games.
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In 1997, Hank Greenwald was employed by the CBS Radio network as a baseball announcer, calling Saturday Game of the Week broadcasts as well as that year's NLDS between the Giants and Florida Marlins.
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Hank Greenwald announced games for the A's in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
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Hank Greenwald called basketball play-by-play for the Golden State Warriors and the University of San Francisco Dons.
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Hank Greenwald has announced baseball and women's basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos.