Don Dunphy (July 5, 1908 – July 22, 1998) was a United States
television and radio sports announcer specializing in boxing broadcasts. Dunphy was noted for his
fast paced delivery and enthusiasm for the sport. It is estimated
that he did "blow-by-blow" action for over 2,000 fights. The
"Friday Night Fights" were broadcast every Friday evening from
(radio and television (1939-1981) 9 P.M. to 10:45 P.M on A.B.C.
Dunphy was inducted into the
Radio
Hall of Fame in 1988 and had a memorable cameo appearance in
the
1971 Woody
Allen movie
Bananas. He
also called all of the fights in the
1980 United
Artists film
Raging Bull,
which was directed by
Martin
Scorsese. In 1982, he won the
Sam
Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism in boxing.
He is a
member of the International Boxing Hall of
Fame
.
His son,
Don Dunphy, Jr., was an executive producer of Eyewitness News on WABC-TV
in New York City
in its early years, and later became vice president
of news services at ABC.
References
External links