Dave Zinkoff (May 15, 1910 – December 25, 1985) was a sports public address announcer. He announced for the

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in the 1940s and at the Philadelphia Convention Hall for the

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, and college

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and

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teams from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Zinkoff was also one of the rotating group of ring announcers for the monthly World Wrestling Federation (now

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) events at the

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. Zinkoff worked

Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena i ...

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on March 2, 1962. Zinkoff died on December 25, 1985, following complications from heart surgery.''The NBA on CBS'' Halftime with Pat O'Brien: December 25, 1985 On March 25, 1986, the 76ers retired his microphone. Dave Zinkoff was posthumously inducted into the

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Hall of Fame on November 22, 2013.

References

External links

76ers bio of Zinkoff
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