Bill King

Wilbur "Bill" King was an American sports announcer. In 2016, the National Baseball Hall of Fame named King recipient of the 2017 Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseball broadcasters.

6 October 1927

Born on the same birth day (6 October): Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738) • Bronny James • Byron Black • Carlos Pace • Daniel Brière • Darren Oliver • David Baker (biochemist) • David Howard (director) • James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont • John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington • Jourdan Miller • Kathleen Webb • Matteo Ricci • Millie Small • Morné Morkel • Pizzi (Portuguese footballer) • Renata Voráčová • Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress) • Shimon Gershon • Svend Karlsen • Tony Dungy • Vivion Brewer

Born in the same month (October 1927): Al Martino • B. S. Abdur Rahman • Barbara Robinson (author) • Dana Elcar • Dominick Argento • Fritz Wintersteller • George C. Scott • Günter Grass • Jean-Claude Pascal • Jim Elliot • Joe Adcock • Joyce Brothers • Lauretta Masiero • Lee Konitz • Pierre Alechinsky • Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium • R. D. Laing • Sandy Gall • Sonny Criss • Thomas Wilson (composer) • Tom Bosley