Scully’s career of calling games for the Dodgers stretches back to 1950, when the franchise was still located in Brooklyn. In 1953, Scully became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game at the age of 25—a historic feat that still remains. He would continue broadcasting for the team for a record-breaking 67 seasons until 2016.
In 2016, Scully was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, bestowed by Barack Obama. “The game of baseball has a handful of signature sounds,” Obama said during the ceremony. “You hear the crack of the bat. You got the crowd singing in the seventh inning stretch, and you’ve got the voice of Vin Scully.”
Scully is survived by three children (his eldest son died in 1994), two stepchildren, 16 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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