Joe Tait | |
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![]() Tait in 2012 | |
Born | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | May 15, 1937
Died | March 10, 2021 Lafayette Township, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 83)
Sports commentary career | |
Team(s) | Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Indians Mount Union Purple Raiders Ohio Bobcats Indiana Hoosiers |
Genre | Play-by-play |
Sport(s) | Basketball (NBA, WNBA) Baseball (MLB) |
Joseph Tait (May 15, 1937 – March 10, 2021) was an American sports broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer on radio for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and both TV and radio for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. With the exception of two seasons in the early 1980s and illness during his final season, he was the Cavaliers' radio announcer from the team's inception in 1970 through the 2010–11 season. He won the Basketball Hall of Fame 2010 Curt Gowdy Media Award.[1]