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Ray Lane (sportscaster)
American sportscaster (born 1930)
Ray Lane (born February 9, 1930) is an American sportscaster from Detroit, Michigan. During the late 1940s, Ray played baseball and basketball for the Stags of Mackenzie High School. In 1949, he enrolled at Michigan State University and played baseball for the Spartans while earning a bachelor's degree in communications.[1]
Broadcasting
[edit]From 1967 through 1972 Lane teamed with Ernie Harwell on Detroit Tigers radio broadcasts; he also worked on the team's television broadcasts from 1999 to 2003. Lane has also broadcast at various times for the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, University of Michigan and Michigan State football and University of Detroit basketball. Lane was also sports director at WJBK television (succeeding Van Patrick) and later at WKBD.[2]
Outside of Michigan, Lane's other works include a stint with the Cincinnati Reds as well as Big Ten football and basketball.
Honors
[edit]Lane is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, was named Michigan Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 1969 and 1980, inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and is a past president and lifetime member of t
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Historic Detroit
Legendary Detroit sportscaster Van Patrick calls a game at The Corner in the 1950s.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
The Corner
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
Tiger Stadium and Michigan Avenue
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
Tiger Stadium, outfitted for a Detroit Lions game
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Tiger Stadium, in its Navin Field days, about 1940
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Tiger Stadium, in its Navin Field days, about 1940
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Baseball at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull about 1912
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
Tiger Stadium during its final game, Sept. 27, 1999.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The bleachers and the old scoreboard during the 1968 World Series
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives
The Tigers played in front of a lot of empty houses over their decades at The Corner.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives
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