Dave Zinkoff
Dave Zinkoff | |
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Philadelphia Warriors | |
| Genre | Public Address Announcer |
| Sport | NBA |
Dave Zinkoff (May 15, 1910 – December 25, 1985) was a sports public address announcer. He announced for the
Philadelphia Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and college boxing and wrestling teams from the 1950s to the early 1980s.[1] Zinkoff was also one of the rotating group of ring announcers for the monthly World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) events at the Spectrum
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Zinkoff worked Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game at Hershey Arena on March 2, 1962.[1]
Zinkoff died on December 25, 1985, following complications from heart surgery.[2]
On March 25, 1986, the 76ers retired his microphone.[1]
Dave Zinkoff was posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame on November 22, 2013.[1]
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