1. Theodore Leitner was born on July 9,1947 and is an American former sportscaster.
11 Facts About Ted Leitner
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Best known for his role as a play-by-play announcer for San Diego Padres baseball from 1980 to 2020, Ted Leitner has called San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and football since 1979.
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Ted Leitner is a well known figure around the city of San Diego.
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Ted Leitner is a former sportscaster for KFMB-TV and host on KFMB radio in San Diego.
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Ted Leitner kept his play-by-play job with the San Diego Padres and later XX Sports Radio.
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Ted Leitner was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx, and at age 8 moved with his family to the adjacent city of Yonkers, New York, in Westchester County.
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Ted Leitner played football for Roosevelt High School in Yonkers.
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Ted Leitner was a broadcaster for the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Diego Clippers and the San Diego Chargers, and with university sports in Oklahoma, Hartford, and San Diego.
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For years, Ted Leitner did television on the Padres' cable TV network, as well as doing the 5 and 11 pm sportscasts for KFMB-TV.
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Ted Leitner has a history of mocking those who like NHL hockey, and those who complain to the station that he does not show highlights.
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On January 15,2021, Ted Leitner announced that he was leaving the Padres' radio booth to transition to a role as a community-relations ambassador for the team.