Ernie Harwell
AKA Earnest Harwell
Born: 25-Jan-1918
Birthplace: Washington, GA
Died: 4-May-2010
Location of death: Novi, MI
Cause of death: Cancer - Liver
Remains: Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, Farmington, MI
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Sports Journalist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Voice of the Detroit Tigers
Military service: USMC (four years)
Top-notch baseball play-by-play man for radio and television. Called Bobby Thomson's famous home run that won the pennant for the New York Giants in 1951, but best known for his decades with the Detroit Tigers.
Father: Davis Gray Harwell
Wife: Lulu Tankersley (m. 30-Aug-1941, until his death, two sons, two daughters)
Son: Bill
Son: Gray
Daughter: Julie
Daughter: Carolyn
University: Emory University
ESPN Baseball play-by-play, 2003
Bush-Cheney '04
Ford C. Frick Award 1981
Radio Hall of Fame 1998
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Brooklyn Dodgers Play-by-play, 1948-49
New York Giants Play-by-play, 1950-53
Baltimore Orioles Play-by-play, 1954-59
Detroit Tigers Play-by-play, 1960-91
California Angels Play-by-play, 1992
Detroit Tigers Play-by-play, 1993-2002
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Oct-1998) · Himself
Cobb (2-Dec-1994) · Hall of Fame Emcee
Cooperstown (26-Jan-1993)
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