red barber

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Definition of red barber in English English dictionary

orig. Walter Lanier Barber born Feb. 17, 1908, Columbus, Miss., U.S. died Oct. 22, 1992, Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. sports broadcaster. He became the radio and television announcer for the baseball games of the Cincinnati Reds (1934-39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-53), and New York Yankees (1954-66). He combined technical expertise with homespun comments; his signature exclamation was "Oh-ho, Doctor!" He provided weekly commentary on National Public Radio from 1981 and wrote two books on baseball and an autobiography

{i} Walter "Red" Barber (1908-1992), sportscaster and announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, winner of the 1991 Peabody Award for Radio Commentary

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Walter Lanier "Red" Barber

{i} Walter "Red" Barber (1908-1992), sportscaster and announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, winner of the 1991 Peabody Award for Radio Commentary

Hyphenation

Red Bar·ber

Turkish pronunciation

red bärbır

Pronunciation

/ˈred ˈbärbər/ /ˈrɛd ˈbɑːrbɜr/