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Biography
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Mel Allen
Real name: Melvin Allen Israel
Effective period / Period of releases: 1959
Mel Allen (born February 14, 1913, Birmingham, Alabama, USA - died June 16, 1996, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA) was an American sportscaster primarily known as the play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees during the 1940's to the 1960's.