Hank Edward Goldberg was an American sports radio and television personality based in Miami, Florida. He was the radio color commentator for the Miami Dolphins from 1978 to 1992. He also worked at WIOD and WTVJ, before joining ESPN2 and ESPN Radio in 1993 shortly after they were established.
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Wiki:
Goldberg was born in Newark, New Jersey, on July 4, 1940. His father, Hy, worked as a sportswriter for the Newark Evening News for over four decades and was honored as the state’s sportswriter of the year on five occasions; his mother was Sadie.
Throughout his childhood, he travelled annually with his father to Florida for spring training with the New York Yankees, where he served as a batboy and became friends with Joe DiMaggio.
Dies:
Hank Goldberg, a longtime sports announcer in Miami who rose to national fame as a handicapper and reporter for horse racing and professional football on ABC and ESPN, died on Monday, his 82nd birthday, in Las Vegas, where he had resided for the past four years, after suffering from a prolonged, chronic illness.
Goldberg, nicknamed “Hammer,” continued working right through the most recent Triple Crown, making selections for both ESPN2 and CBS Sportsline.
Cause of Death:
After a seven-year battle Goldberg is said to have died of kidney disease.
A natural storyteller, Goldberg was first exposed to sports journalism via his father, Hy, a columnist for the Newark Evening News. But it took awhile for Goldberg to finally choose that as his profession, too.
How did die:
He died of kidney disease on July 4.
Goldberg initially studied at Duke University, before graduating from New York University. During this time, he was employed in advertising in Manhattan and also served in the US Army Reserve.
