[DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen - Wikipedia [PAR] Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the 
primary ... Allen was used as a color commentator for CBS's radio broadcast of 
the 1938 ... success as a broadcaster, and became the voice of the Boston Red 
Sox from .... In 1978, he was one of the first two winners of the Baseball Hall of 
Fame's... [DOC] [TLE] Voices of the Game | Baseball Hall of Fame [PAR] 7, 1978, in Cooperstown, New York. On that day, Barber and Mel Allen, the 
legendary Yankees voice, became the first two recipients of the ... Red Barber - 
BL-5764-79 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) ... Arlin was just 25 years 
old when he became the first man ever to broadcast a Major League Baseball 
game. [DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen | Society for American Baseball Research [PAR] Allen told broadcast historian Curt Smith he got his first exposure to baseball .... 
became the first broadcasters honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. [DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen | Encyclopedia of Alabama [PAR] Jul 19, 2010 ... Allen developed a broadcast style that became a model for ... Allen was honored 
by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978 when he ... Brooklyn Dodgers broadcaster 
Red Barber were the first recipients of the Ford Frick Award. [DOC] [TLE] Red Barber, Baseball Voice Of Summer, Is Dead at 84 - NYTimes.com [PAR] Oct 23, 1992 ... In 1978 he and Mel Allen, the former Yankee announcer, became the first 
broadcasters honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in... [DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen - Radio Personality, Television Personality - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978. ... In 1978, Allen and Red 
Barber became the first broadcasters elected to the Baseball... [DOC] [TLE] Allen, Mel(vin) - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] Oct 11, 2016 ... Definition of Allen, Mel(vin)  Our online dictionary has Allen, ... In his senior year 
he was awarded a speech gradership, which later became a ... In 1978 the pair 
became the first two inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame's broadcasting ... 
honored him with a day of appreciation at Yankee Stadium; he... [DOC] [TLE] This Hall of Fame Selection Has Certain Air About Him - latimes [PAR] Feb 3, 1998 ... He will be presented with the award at Cooperstown, N.Y.--site of the Hall--on ... 
Winners have included Red Barber, Mel Allen, Vin Scully and Joe ... baseball has 
grown dramatically since the Dodgers became the first ... But all that, he 
acknowledged Monday, pales in comparison to the Hall of Fame honor. [DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen - Alabama Football | Bryant Museum [PAR] This opening line became the signature of one of sports broadcastings greatest 
voices. ... He worked as the manager of the baseball team and was the PA 
announcer ... Mel Allen and another baseball broadcaster with southern roots, 
Red Barber, ... Among his list of hall of honors are: the Alabama Sports Hall of 
Fame, the... [DOC] [TLE] Mel Allen - Biography  JewAge [PAR] He first became a national celebrity when he ad libbed for a half-hour during the 
... Broadcasting career. Baseball. In 1938, Allen landed his first major baseball .... 
the Series, Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick honored the Yankees' request to 
have ... In 1978, he was one of the first two winners of the Baseball Hall of Fame's
... [DOC] [TLE] VOICE OF YANKEES SILENCED: MEL ALLEN DIES AT AGE 83 ... [PAR] Jun 17, 1996 ... Mel Allen, whose lilting Alabama drawl became one of the great ... And he 
eventually would make the Hall of "Fame as an announcer, the ... Allen became a 
staff announcer in 1937 and worked his first major ... His induction into the Hall of 
Fame came in 1978 along with another famed baseball broadcaster,... [DOC] [TLE] Broadcaster Mel Allen dead at 83 - UPI Archives - UPI.com [PAR] Jun 17, 1996 ... Hall of Fame broadcaster Mel Allen, the longtime voice of the New ... of the 
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978,

Question: In 1978 he & Mel Allen became the first broadcasters to be honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame
Answer: Red Barber