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Harry Kalas

ハリー・カラス　/　はりー・からす

American sports commentator

March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009　・　Naperville, Illinois, United States

Illinois
sports commentator

My Take

What strikes me about Harry Kalas is the rarity of his loyalty. Calling Phillies games from 1971 until his death in 2009, he essentially became the audio identity of a franchise for nearly four decades, and that Frick Award was well earned. I find something deeply moving in a broadcaster who never retired but worked right up to the end, as if the booth and the man were inseparable. To me he represents a vanishing breed of homegrown announcers whose voices carried generations of fans through both heartbreak and glory. Cities remember voices like his long after the scores fade.

Overview

Harold Norbert Kalas (March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009) was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB), a position he held from 1971 until his death in 2009.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Harry Kalas
Name (Japanese): ハリー・カラス
Reading: はりー・からす
Born: March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rat
Origin: Naperville, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: sports commentator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Naperville Central High School
University: University of Iowa

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9

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