Bob Uecker

There is almost no information about the childhood, education and early life of Bob Uecker except the fact that he was born and brought up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Since an early age, young Uecker was a minor league baseball fan and wanted to pursue the same professionally. He grew up watching the matches of Milwaukee Brewers in Borchert Field.

He made his debut in 1956 with the hometown club team, Milwaukee Brewers as their catcher.

Not exceptionally good with the game, he was a mediocre hitter with a batting average of .200. A defensive player, he completed his career with a fielding percentage of .981.

He played for a total of six seasons, concluding his career in the year 1967. Apart from playing for the Brewers, he did stints for St Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies.

Retiring from active baseball, he moved back to Milwaukee Brewers to re-launch himself as a sports caster. The following year, he started calling play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers' radio broadcasts, the profile which he continues to hold till date.

Simultaneously, he also served as the running commentator for televised games of Major League Baseball. In the 1970s, he worked for the ABC’s Monday Night Baseball, while in the 1990s he worked for NBCs.

Till date, he has been named as the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association for the years 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1987.

In 2001, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

In 2003, he was presented with the annual Ford C. Frick Award,by the Baseball Hall of Fame for his relentless contribution as a broadcaster to baseball.

It was on the grand occasion of celebrating his golden jubilee in professional baseball that Milwaukee Brewers placed a number 50 in his honor in their ‘Ring of Honor’, near the retired numbers of Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

In 2009, he was one of the sporting legends to be named in the Braves Wall of Honor inside Miller Park.