Bill Mazer

Bill Mazer
Born
Morris Mazer

(1920-11-02)November 2, 1920
Iziaslav, Ukraine, Soviet Union
DiedOctober 23, 2013(2013-10-23) (aged 92)
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationBroadcaster
Known forSports Extra, "Amazin' Mazer"
SpouseDora "Dutch" Sudarsky Mazer
Children2 daughters, 1 son

Bill Mazer (born Morris Mazer; November 2, 1920 – October 23, 2013) was an American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964 to 1966.[1] Considered a New York institution in sports reporting,[2] Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for the Buffalo Broadcasters Association (1999), Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame (2000) and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1997). He is also recognized as the host of the first sports talk radio show in history that launched in March 1964 on WNBC (AM).[3]

Mazer earned the nickname "The A-Maz-In" for his deep knowledge of sports trivia. This was made evident while hosting his WNBC radio show in the 1960s.[4][5] Based on this, he wrote several sports trivia books, including Bill Mazer's Amazin' Baseball Book: 150 Years of Baseball Tales & Trivia published by Zebra Books in 1990.

  1. ^ "New York Sportscaster Awards". National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. ^ Greenfield, Jeff (October 24, 1977). "'The 10 O'Clock News':It's Not Pretty, but It's Good". New York. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Best, Neil (June 16, 2011). "First time, long time for Bill Mazer". Newsday. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Carter, Len (July 20, 2012). "Speaking of Sports: 25 Of The Best Sportscasting Legends". Chutzpah Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  5. ^ Fischler, Stan (August 29, 2010). "Mazer still 'Amazin' sportscaster". Daily Freeman. Retrieved August 2, 2012.