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Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War.
Ted Williams was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. [9] He served three years in the United States Army, was honorably discharged , and attended school for voice acting. [ 10 ] His inspiration to become a radio announcer came from a field trip in 1971 at age fourteen, when he found that a radio announcer, whom he had heard, looked ...
Turns out Ted Williams, known by many as "the man with the golden voice," is still struggling financially after his smooth radio tone gained him nationwide recognition three years ago. The "Today ...
In 2002, at the age of 33, John Henry entered pro baseball, with Ted pulling strings to get him onto the Red Sox's rookie team in the Gulf Coast League. [3] Dubbed "The Kid's Kid" by the media, John Henry had his father's build but little of his baseball talent: after just two games (where he failed to get a hit in six at-bats), he broke two ribs crashing into the stands in an attempt to catch ...
Some No. 1 selections live up to the hype and go on to Hall of Fame careers. Others find that their brilliance in college didn’t prepare them for the NFL.
You might remember the voice of a once-homeless man named Ted Williams. He hit the media spotlight three years ago and became known as the man with the golden voice.
1966 BBWAA inductee Ted Williams. Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1966 followed the system introduced for even-number years in 1956. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players with provision for a second, "runoff" election in case of no winner.
Ted Williams, former radio announcer, went from being homeless to appearing on the 'Today' show and receiving multiple job offers. Those offers are coming from just about every kind of employer ...