- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMelvin Allen Israel
- Nickname
- The Voice of the Yankees
- Mel Allen was born on February 14, 1913 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Needful Things (1993) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He died on June 16, 1996 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
- Broadcast for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1964, the Milwaukee Braves in 1965, the Cleveland Indians in 1968, and the Yankees again from 1976 to 1985.
- Elected to the broadcasters' wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. Was the voice of Fox Movietone Newsreels for many years.
- His trademark home run calls, "Ballantine Blasts" and "White Owl Wallops," were advertisements for beer and cigars.
- Earned a law degree, although he never worked as a lawyer.
- Mel Allen was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
- How about that!
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