Vin Scully

The following year, i.e. in 1973, he tied the nuptials yet again with Sandra Schaefer who already had two children from her previous marriage. The couple was blessed with a son who passed away at the age of 33 in a helicopter crash.

He is a devout Roman Catholic

Vin Scully was born on November 29, 1927 in The Bronx in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. His father was employed as a silk salesman while his mother was a homemaker.

Since an early age, he took up menial jobs to make ends meet. He delivered beer and mails, pushed garment racks and cleaned silver in the basement of the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City.

Hhe completed his preliminary education from Fordham Preparatory School in Bronx.

Interestingly, he was captivated when he listened to the football broadcast on radio and aspired to become a sports broadcaster.

Completing his education, he joined the United States Navy which lasted for two years.

Released from his duties in the navy, he realized his childhood dream of serving as a broadcaster. He then took up the profile of a student broadcaster and journalist at the Fordham University.

While at the university, he multi-tasked. Not only did he earn a degree for himself, he helped found its FM radio station WFUV and served as the assistant sports editor for Volume 28 of The Fordham Ram.

Simultaneously, he also played centre field for the Fordham Rams baseball team and called radio broadcast for Rams baseball, football and basketball teams. Having gained experience in sports broadcasting, he applied at about every radio station along the Eastern seaboard.

He finally got an opportunity to broadcast a match for the CBS Radio Network by Red Barber in November 1949. Fuelled by his passion, he excellently performed at the do and impressed his employer at the first go itself.

In 1976, he was voted as the ‘most memorable personality’ in the history of the franchise by the Dodgers fans.

In 1982, he was the proud recipient of the Ford Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

He received the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award for Sportscasting.

He has been inducted in the Hall of Fame by American Sportscasters Association, National Radio Hall of Fame, NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame.

He has thrice been named as the National Sportscaster of the Year in 1965, 1978 and 1982. Furthermore, he was 29 times named as the California Sportscaster of the Year. The American Sportscasters Association named him Sportscaster of the Century in 2000 and Top 50 Sportscaster of All-Time in 2009