Stan Barron
Stan Barron (c.1921—August 1984) was an American sports broadcaster.
Barron, a native of New York City, is best known for his work in Buffalo, New York, where he spent 32 years of his career, from 1952 until his death. He joined the staff of WKBW-AM 1520 in 1952, when the station was still a full-service network station, and was part of the inaugural on-air staff when WKBW launched a television station (channel 7) in 1958.
In 1965, Barron was effectively traded from WKBW to the WBEN cluster (mostly for AM 930 but also occasionally channel 4) in exchange for Tom Jolls. At WBEN, Barron hosted the AM station's evening sports talk show "Free Form Sports" and was the usual color commentator for Van Miller for whatever sports play-by-play Miller was calling; among the teams "Van and Stan" called were the Buffalo Bills and Niagara Purple Eagles. In addition, Barron held lead play-by-play duties for the Buffalo Bulls football team, Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team, AHL Buffalo Bisons hockey, and Buffalo Bisons baseball at various points in his career. Barron, a major baseball fan, helped orchestrate the return of the baseball Bisons to Buffalo in 1979.
Barron died at the end of August 1984 of bone cancer, shortly before the start of the Bills' regular season (he managed to call all of the Bills' preseason games that year despite his terminal illness).[1]
For his efforts, Barron is a member of the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame[2] and the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.[3]
References
- ↑ Pergament, Alan (August 2012). Media Watch: Murphy gets the Bills job of a lifetime. Buffalo Spree. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ↑ Stan Barron's profile at the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ↑ 2004 inductees of the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
Further reading
- Cichon, Steve (November 4, 2014). Nov. 4, 1979: Van Miller, Stan Barron get back in the broadcast booth. Derived from Coppola, Lee (November 4, 1979). "It’s a new ball game for Van & Stan." Both from The Buffalo News. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
