Bob Prince

Biography

Robert Ferris Prince (July 1, 1916 – June 10, 1985) was an American radio and television sportscaster and commentator, renown for his 28-year stint as the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club, with whom he earned the nickname "The Gunner" and became a cultural icon in Pittsburgh. Prince called Pirates games from 1948 to 1975, including the World Series championship years of 1960 and 1971. Nationally, he broadcast the 1960, 1966, and 1971 World Series and the 1965 All-Star Game for NBC, as well as the first season (1976) of ABC's Monday Night Baseball. He also broadcast at different times for other Pittsburgh-area sports teams, including Steelers football and Penguins hockey. Prince was known for an unabashed approach, garish sports coats, rapid-fire delivery, a deep, gravelly voice, and clever nicknames and phrases, which came to be known as "Gunnerisms." The unique style influenced numerous broadcasters after him, a list that included Pirates successors Lanny Frattare and Greg Brown as well as Pittsburgh Penguins voice Mike Lange and Pittsburgh Steelers color analyst Myron Cope.

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