NFL Giants Radio Broadcaster Dick Lynch Passes Away At Age 72

Former Player And Giants Radio Broadcaster Lynch Dies At Age Of 72

A FAN AT HEART: NEWSDAY's Best noted Lynch had an "unorthodox style in the booth that annoyed many purists but endeared him to many fans, particularly older ones" (NEWSDAY.com, 9/24). In N.Y., Paul Schwartz notes Lynch, who joined the Giants' radio booth in '67, "was known as an upbeat, positive individual, no matter what" and was "always a favorite" of late Giants Owner WELLINGTON MARA. Lynch's last broadcast was Super Bowl XLII in February (N.Y. POST, 9/25). SportsNet N.Y.'s Chris Carlin said, "He never made any bones about the fact that he was rooting for the Giants. I can’t think of a more fitting final game for Dick to broadcast than a Giants Super Bowl victory" ("Loudmouths," SNY, 9/24). In Newark, Jerry Izenberg writes Lynch as a broadcaster was a "football DIZZY DEAN, wearing his love for the home team on his sleeve -- and everybody liked it and him." Lynch's radio style "could best be described as 'neighborhood saloon personal'" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 9/25). In Westchester, Mike Dougherty writes Lynch "often shared the details of his daily life during the game," and he was "constantly acknowledging friends in the stands and wishing somebody in the audience a happy birthday" (Westchester JOURNAL NEWS, 9/25). In N.Y., Bruce Weber wrote, as Lynch himself "acknowledged, he often mispronounced names. ... And he regularly entertained listeners with malapropisms. Once he spent nearly an entire broadcast referring to the Houston Texans as the Houston Astros" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/24).

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