1966 New York Yankees Broadcasters

COVERING THE YANKEES
"The Yankees are indeed fortunate that their fans are given so many opportunities to follow the ballclub in the newspapers, on radio, and on television"

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook

THE PRESS
Maury Allen (New York Post)
Jimmy Cannon (New York Journal-American)
Joe Donnelly (Newsday)
Joe Durso (New York Times)
Til Ferdenzi (New York Journal American)
Larry Fox (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Hy Goldberg (New York News)
Tommy Holmes (New York Herald Tribune)
Joe King (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Leonard Koppett (New York Times)
Barney Kremenko (New York Journal American)
Jack Lang (Long Island Press)
Jim Ogle (Newark Star-Ledger)
Phil Pepe (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Joe Trimble (New York News)
Dick Young (New York News)
Vic Ziegel (New York Post)

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook


PHOTOGRAPHERS
"The unsung heroes in the field of baseball coverage are the photographers, who do so much to enliven the sports pages with their fine action photographs."

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook

Harry Harris (A.P.)
Charlie Hoff (New York News)
Frank Hurley (New York News)
Tony Sande (U.P.I.)
Ernie Sisto (New York Times)

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook


RADIO-TV
"Yankee baseball will be carried again by WPIX-Channel 11 and by WCBS-AM and FM radio, along with a 40-station network in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massachusetts. And the four popular Yankees announcers Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola, Phil Rizzuto and Red Barber will also be back to bring fans the exciting play-by-play. Sponsors for 1966 are P. Ballantine & Sons of Newark, N.J. on behalf of Ballantine Beer & Ale, Tidewater Oil Company for Flying A gasoline and oil products, General Cigar, and All-State Insurance."

-The New York Yankees Official 1966 Yearbook

RED BARBER (WPIX, WCBS)
Red Barber is a man who tells it like it is, no matter what.
In 1939, he broadcast the first major league game shown on television. The Ol' Redhead has also broadcast the NFL Championship Game, the Army-Navy Game and the Orange Bowl.
Hired by the Yankees away from Dodgers in 1954, the legendary broadcaster is known throughout baseball for his fairness. And when following a long fly ball, Red watches the outfielder, not the ball, and always makes the right call.


PHIL RIZZUTO (WPIX, WCBS)
The all-time Yankee shortstop has been covering the club on radio and television since 1957.  Playing for the Yankees from 1941-56, with three years of military service in World War II, Phil was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1950.


JERRY COLEMAN (WPIX, WCBS)
Jerry Coleman begins his fourth year as part of the Yankee broadcast team. The Associated Press Rookie of the Year in 1949, Jerry made the All-Star team in 1950 and won the Babe Ruth Award in that year's World Series. He was a Marine Corps fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War.


JOE GARAGIOLA (WPIX, WCBS)
Meet the man who outhit Ted Williams in the 1946 World Series. Although Joe didn't play in nearly as many World Series as his boyhood friend Yogi Berra, he did most of the catching for the Cardinals during that World Championship season.
Joe is in his second season as part of the Yankee broadcast team.