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Vin Scully

1927 - 2022

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Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for sixty-seven years, beginning in 1950 and ending in 2016. He is considered by many to be the greatest sports broadcaster of all time. Born in the Bronx, New York City, Scully attended Fordham University where he played baseball before becoming a student broadcaster and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Vin Scully is the 6,499th most popular writer (up from 6,580th in 2024), the 12,558th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,823rd in 2019) and the 901st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Vin Scully ranks 6,499 out of 7,302. Before him are Sandra Cisneros, Sylvia Browne, Andrew Sarris, Dimitris Lyacos, Robert Rodat, and Caroline Criado Perez. After him are Bernardine Evaristo, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Damon Galgut, Laura Restrepo, Marina Nemat, and Walter Besant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vin Scully ranks 461. Before him are Archie Scott Brown, Leslie Claudius, Harry Gallatin, Guy Mitchell, Prem Nazir, and Porter Wagoner. After him are Mehdi Hassan, Bill McGarry, Walter Bahr, Red Kelly, Malcolm Allison, and Arnold Wolfendale. Among people deceased in 2022, Vin Scully ranks 628. Before him are Bill Lienhard, Nel Noddings, Ludwik Dorn, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marietta Giannakou, and Oleg Mityaev. After him are Charlbi Dean, Ilan Gilon, Mike Hagerty, Maria Ewing, Tomasz Wójtowicz, and Bobby Rydell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vin Scully ranks 12,562 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Ridge (1945), Richard LaGravenese (1959), Bobby Charles (1938), Olivia Cole (1942), Sim Iness (1930), and Byron Beck (1945). After him are Sufjan Stevens (1975), Taylor Schilling (1984), Mona Freeman (1926), Chris Carmack (1980), Ruth Etting (1896), and M. Shadows (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Vin Scully ranks 901. Before him are George S. Kaufman (1889), Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938), Sandra Cisneros (1954), Sylvia Browne (1936), Andrew Sarris (1928), and Robert Rodat (1953). After him are Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Anthony Boucher (1911), Norman Lear (1922), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Anderson Cooper (1967), and Alyson Noël (1965).

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