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Robert Neal (1916 – December 29, 1983) was an American
sportscaster who worked primarily in
Cleveland, Ohio .
Neal graduated from
Columbia University .
[1]
He broadcast the
Cleveland Indians on radio 1957–1961 and 1965–1972, and on television 1952–1953 and 1962–1964.
[2] He was also the original broadcaster for
Cleveland Browns
football games on radio and television starting in
1946 and continuing through
1951 .
[3] He handled the 1954
Orange Bowl game for
CBS television ,
1955 and
1956 World Series for
Mutual radio and the
1957 World Series for
NBC radio.
In 1955, Neal began his own World of Sports program Monday - Thursday nights on Mutual.
[1]
Neal also worked as a
sportscaster for
KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV) in
Cleveland , appearing alongside weatherman
Joe Finan ; occasionally, fellow sportscaster
Jim Graner would fill in for Neal.
[4]
On September 20, 1961, Neal along with
Hank Greenberg called a baseball game for
ABC between the
New York Yankees and
Baltimore Orioles .
References
^
a
b
"Neal Inaugurates Own MBS Series Of Sportscasts" . The Times . Louisiana, Shreveport. October 9, 1955. p. 7 - F. Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Schneider, Russell (2001).
The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia . Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 624–625.
ISBN
1-58261-376-1 . Retrieved 2009-06-01 .
^ Gordon, Roger (2002).
Cleveland Browns A-Z . Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 15–16.
ISBN
1-58261-240-4 . Retrieved 2009-06-07 .
^ Feran, Tom; Heldenfels, R.D. (1999). Cleveland TV Memories . Cleveland, Ohio: Gray & Co. p. 89.
ISBN
978-1-886228-32-0 . 198. News Flash: In 1958 on
TV-3 ,
Jim Graner substituted for Bob Neal as
sportscaster , joining anchor Pete French and weatherman
Joe Finan .
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