Bob Uecker’s ad career—looking back at the Miller Lite pitchman’s greatest hits
A catcher, Uecker played in the Major Leagues for parts of six years with the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, retiring after the 1967 season with a .200 career batting average. He began broadcasting in 1969 and was the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers for 54 years.
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As high-profile as his appearances were in places like calling Brewers games, on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, the ...
The late Bob Uecker's reach extends well beyond Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts. Let's run down his pop-culture appearances and famous one-liners.
Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman.
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Fans began to line the bottom of Uecker's statue outside the ballpark with cans of Miller Lite in a nod to the legendary ...
By TODD GOLDEN ''Special to Fastball on SI'' Back in October, I was driving back to my Bloomington, Ind., home from Big Ten Basketball Media Days in Chicago. A ...
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Five ways Bob Uecker made himself an American iconMajor League Baseball lost one of its leading voices on Thursday when Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker passed away at the age of 90.
On Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers announced that Bob Uecker, the longtime voice of the team, had died at age 90. Uecker, a ...
To refer to Bob Uecker simply as the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers would tell only a fraction of his impact. He was also its ...
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