Spencer ross biography

American sportscaster (born 1940)

For the musician and arranger who recorded as Spencer Ross, see Robert Mersey.

Spencer Ross (born July 19, 1940) is an Americansportscaster.

Longtime NY sports voice Spencer Ross shares his last …

With the exception of the New York Mets, Ross has called play-by-play for every professional New York metropolitan area sports franchise, including the Yankees of MLB, the Nets and Knicks of the NBA, and Jets and Giants of the NFL. He has also called games for the Americans of the ABA and, in the NHL, for the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and the New York Rangers.

Outside of New York, he has called games for the Florida State Seminoles and Boston Celtics. Nationally, he has worked for the NFL on NBC, Major League Baseball on CBS Radio, the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on Westwood One, and was the lead play-by-play announcer for the 1992 USA Olympic Dream Team with Dick Vitale.^[1][2]

Ross's mentor was Marty Glickman,^[2] who tutored Ros