Bob Uecker, some of the iconic voices in baseball and the sports activities broadcasting historical past, has handed away. He was 90 years outdated.
The Milwaukee Brewers and Uecker’s household introduced his dying on Thursday morning, sharing that he had battled small cell lung most cancers since early 2023.
“It’s with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Bob,” the household shared in a statement. “To many, he was an announcer and entertainer whose humor and voice transcended the sport, however to us, he was a lot extra.”
Uecker loved a six-year stint as an MLB participant within the Sixties earlier than turning into a broadcaster. He started working for a neighborhood TV station in Atlanta earlier than he was employed to name Brewers video games on the radio in 1971. Uecker held that place via the tip of the 2024 season, serving because the Brewers’ radio voice for 54 seasons.
Moreover, Uecker referred to as video games for nationwide broadcasts. He served as a colour commentator for ABC and NBC from the Nineteen Seventies via the Nineteen Nineties, calling World Sequence video games.
However Uecker gained nationwide prominence via his performing work. He memorably starred as Harry Doyle within the “Main League” movie sequence, starring in all three movies as one of many radio voices of the crew. He additionally was a fixture on late-night discuss exhibits, showing on the “Tonight Present” greater than 100 instances and incomes the nickname “Mr. Baseball” from host Johnny Carson. Uecker additionally starred as George Owens on the hit sitcom “Mr. Belvedere” and had a memorable set of Miller Lite commercials within the Nineteen Eighties.Â
He continued to look in exhibits in recent times, together with his most notable look coming as a visitor star within the Disney+ sequence, “Monsters at Work.”
After all, Uecker additionally referred to as Brewers video games via the 2024 season. His 54 seasons because the crew’s radio announcer was one of many longest tenures for a broadcaster in sports activities historical past. It was the second-longest energetic MLB streak on the time of his dying.
Uecker was on the decision, and on the postgame scene within the locker room, when the Brewers received the NL Central in 2024. That celebration simply confirmed a glimpse of who he was.Â
“He introduced pleasure to numerous listeners via his wit, charisma and love for baseball, Milwaukee, and all of Wisconsin, making a legacy that can eternally be cherished,” Uecker’s household stated within the assertion. “Whereas his contributions to the sport are noteworthy, it’s his kindness, humility and love for household and buddies that we are going to maintain closest to our hearts.
“We’re grateful for the outpouring of affection and help throughout this tough time as we grieve and have fun the person we had been so fortunate to name ours.”
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