Mel Allen, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1913)

Mel Allen

American sports announcer (1913–1996)

Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar…