Marv Albert

Marv Albert
Marv Albert
	Albert (right) calls a game for TNT in December 2008
Born	Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941 (age 83); Brooklyn, New York, USA
Occupation	Sports Commentator (mostly NBA games)
Spouse	Heather Faulkiner
Children	Kenny, Brian, Denise and Jackie

Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American sportscaster. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is commonly called "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."

On June 6, 2011, it was said that Albert was joining CBS Sports to call play-by-play for The NFL on CBS.^[1]

Honors and awards

Cable ACE Award – six times.^[2]
Curt Gowdy Media Award – awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1994.^[3]
American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year (Play-by-Play) – 1996.^[4]
Emmy Award – for national sports: five times; for New York: three times.^[2]
Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 2006.^[5]
National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 1992.^[6]
New York State Sportscaster of the Year – twenty times.^[2]^[6]

↑ Vanderberg, Marcus. "Marv Albert Joins The NFL on CBS". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Nets Broadcasters
↑ "Curt Gowdy Media Awards". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
↑ [1] American Sportscasters Association
↑ "NASSAU COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Jewish Sports Hall of Fame – Marv Albert

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