The former backup catcher, whose ability to laugh at himself made him a beloved radio announcer and launched a successful ...

Bob Uecker was entertaining in everything he did. On the microphone calling Milwaukee Brewers games, in movies and commercials, and even in the wrestling world when he got his hands on a microphone.

The commercial cuts to Uecker sitting in one of the last rows of the stadium’s otherwise nearly empty upper deck from where he yells “He missed the tag. He missed the tag.” Robert George ...

Morry Gash/Associated Press Robert George Uecker was born in Milwaukee on Jan. 26, 1934. His father, August, a Swiss immigrant, was a tool and die maker, and his mother, Mary (Schultz) Uecker ...

He was later inducted into the organization's hall of fame in 2011. And in perhaps the ultimate irony, Robert Eugene Uecker – a .200 career hitter with 14 home runs – was inducted into ...

John Sterling said Bob Uecker “paved the road for broadcasters” like himself. Robert Sabo for NY Post Uecker — like Sterling — was part of a different generation of broadcasters that showe ...

Let baseball's superstars proclaim their greatness; Bob Uecker proclaimed his lack of greatness with equal pride and fervor.

Uecker was 90. "WWE is saddened to learn that legendary baseball play-by-play announcer and WWE Hall of Famer Robert George "Bob" Uecker has passed away," its statement on social media said.

Bob Uecker with Christopher Hewett in a promotional photo for ABC’s ‘Mr. Belvedere.’ 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Robert George Uecker was born in Milwaukee on Jan ...