Facts: - sport: baseball , football - death place: washington , d.c. - years active: 1962 -- 2009 - signature: harry kalas autograph.jpg - caption: at the 2008 phillies world championship parade - image: phillies-parade_harry-k crop.jpg - birth name: harry norbert kalas - death date: 13 april 2009 - genre: play-by-play , sports commentator - team: philadelphia sunday afternoon doubleheaders phillies , nfl films , westwood one nfl - birth date: 26 march 1936 - name: harry kalas - image size: 225px - bgcolor: #b 71234 - birth place: naperville , illinois Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harry kalas .
harry norbert kalas -lrb- march 26 , 1936 -- april 13 , 2009 -rrb- was an american sportscaster , best known for his ford c. frick award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for major league baseball 's philadelphia phillies , a position he held from 1971 until his death in 2009 .kalas was also closely identified with the national football league , serving as a voice-over narrator for nfl films productions -lrb- a regular feature on '' inside the nfl '' -rrb- and calling football games nationally for westwood one radio .kalas collapsed in the washington nationals ' broadcast booth on april 13 , 2009 , about an hour before a phillies game was scheduled to begin against the nationals , and died soon afterward .