Bob Uecker

Robert George "Bob" Uecker ( ; January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025) was an American Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian and actor. Uecker was also known as "Mr. Baseball". He was a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts. 

Uecker was a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a 2003 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting career.

Uecker was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2023. He died on January 16, 2025 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, ten days before his 91st birthday.

References

Other websites

 WWE Hall of Fame profile
 Baseball Hall of Fame - Frick Award recipient 

 Bob Uecker Quotes
 Bob Uecker interview on OnMilwaukee.com

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