In 1937, Mel Allen (1913-1996) became an announcer for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in New York, giving play-by-play for the New York Giants and Washington Nationals baseball teams. Allen was born in Jefferson County, raised in Birmingham, and studied journalism at the University of Alabama.
Mel Allen, 1938
Courtesy of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections, University of Alabama Libraries
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