Philadelphia sports activities have been blessed with some glorious voices narrating their video games through the years. From in-stadium/enviornment legends like Dan Baker of the Phillies (and Drexel males’s basketball!), Lou Nolan of the Flyers, or Matt Twine of the Sixers to the voices we’ve heard on the radio or TV for years like Harry Kalas or Tom McGinnis or Jim Jackson or Marc Zumoff or … properly, you get the purpose.
One identify notably lacking from the earlier paragraph is Merrill Reese. The Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame introduced on Thursday that the “Voice of the Eagles” has been chosen because the 2024 Pete Rozelle Radio-Tv Award winner.
The Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame introduced that the longtime radio voice of the #Eagles, Merrill Reese, has been chosen to obtain its 2024 Pete Rozelle Radio-Tv Award.
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) June 13, 2024
Per the Corridor of Fame’s press launch:
“Annually, the Corridor of Fame acknowledges a person who has devoted their profession to bettering radio and tv in skilled soccer, and this yr’s recipient, Merrill Reese, represents precisely what we search for after we discuss who’s made a huge impact in broadcasting,” mentioned Jim Porter, president of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame. “For practically a half century, followers tuning into Eagles video games, together with opposing followers, have had the privilege of listening to Merrill’s legendary voice.”
When the Eagles and Inexperienced Bay Packers kickoff their 2024-25 season in September, Reese will start his forty eighth straight season behind the mic for Philadelphia. After the Eagles gained the Tremendous Bowl in 2018, Reese was the voice that 1000’s of Birds followers heard as Tom Brady’s closing move hit the turf.
A local of Philadelphia, Reese has obtained quite a few awards and recognition all through his prolonged profession, together with Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Yr, Lindsey Nelson Award for Excellence in Sportscasting, Philadelphia’s Greatest Sportscaster by Philadelphia Journal and induction into the Pennsylvania Sports activities Corridor of Fame, Temple College Communications Corridor of Fame and Overbrook Excessive Faculty Corridor of Fame.
Previous winners of this award are a “who’s who” of soccer voices: John Facenda, Joe Buck, Al Michaels, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, John Madden, Pat Summerall, and plenty of others.
Reese can be honored in the course of the 2024 Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame Enshrinement Week that features the Enshrinees’ Gold Jacket Dinner in downtown Canton on Friday, Aug. 2, and the Class of 2024 Enshrinement on Saturday, Aug. 3, in Tom Benson Corridor of Fame Stadium.
