Farewell, George Kell

[filkertom]

Sadness. Detroit Tiger Hall of Fame baseball player and television broadcast legend George Kell has passed away at the age of 86. Hell of a voice, hell of a player, hell of a nice guy.

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[rook543.livejournal.com]

I remember on WRIF they used to always imitate him. Geaorge Baire would do his "George Swell" voice.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Yep. I was thinking about precisely that this afternoon.

[tommytoony.livejournal.com]

Very sad about this.
I know its been years since George, Al and Ernie were on the airwaves...but I still hear their voices sometimes when watching games. No one else compares. Class acts all around.

[wood-dragon.livejournal.com]

Another piece of my child/young adulthood is gone. Sigh.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling old right now.

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

That's because you are, Bill. *duck*

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

To be so admired as a ball player and a broadcaster.

Wasn't Kell one of the few major leaguers to hit the cycle withing a game (single, double, triple & home run, but not necessarily in that order)?

[laurel-potter.livejournal.com]

I told my mom -- she's a huge Tiger's fan. RIP.

youTube video

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

Here is Terry Cashman's Talkin' Tiger Baseball from 1981, where he mentions George Kell as one of the ones to remember.
VINTAGE VERSION Detroit Tigers Talkin Baseball Tiger Stadium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCYuFNjLUQ4

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

He must have been the announcer when I was a kid growing up in the sixties and seventies in Toledo...I can still hear his voice. I was a huge baseball fan when one of the current players had my name (Sandy, as in Koufax of course) - but since I was three when he retired, I wasn't real discriminating about it. Sadness. :(

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Paraphrasing his own classic words.

"He's LOOOOOONG gone"

Another voice of summer silenced

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I delivered parts to his GM dealership in Newport until January.
Half of Newport AR is named after him and he was very well thought-of in the town.

[sourceoftrouble.livejournal.com]

When I quit following baseball he was still playing 3rd base...