Vin Scully

Broadcaster, longtime announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB team

Vin Scully, who was celebrated for his mastery of the graceful phrase and his gift for storytelling during the 67 summers he served as the announcer for Dodgers baseball games, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles, died Tuesday August 2 2022 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. He began broadcasting at Ebbets Field in 1950 and called the play-by-play for the Dodgers’ local TV and radio broadcasts without a color analyst. Scully got the Dodgers’ top broadcasting job in 1954. Scully was born in the Bronx on Nov. 29, 1927. His father, Vincent Aloysius Scully, a silk salesman, died when Vincent was a child. He graduated from Fordham University in 1949. Scully’s last broadcast came on Oct. 2 2016.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 2 contributions · 4,600 USD (Mar 5 '07→May 23 '12)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 4 contributions · 3,500 USD (Sep 9 '92→Oct 20 '04)

Romney Victory

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD (May 23 '12)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD (Apr 10 '08)

John Boehner Republican US Representative from Ohio; majority leader

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD (Sep 15 '10→Sep 13 '11)

Larry Pressler US Representative and Senator from South Dakota

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Apr 6 '90)

George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Sep 10 '03)

Bruce Herschensohn conservative political commentator based in California

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Mar 3 '92)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (May 22 '01)

Schools

Fordham University The Jesuit University of New York

• Bachelor's Degree (?→'49)