Legendary NY Sports activities Broadcaster Al Trautwig Useless at 68

New York misplaced a legend … Al Trautwig, longtime voice of MSG Community, broadcaster of the Knicks and Rangers, has died on the age of 68.

“I’m sad to share the news that we lost a legendary voice in sports. But we lost a lot more than that,” Trautwig’s MSG colleague Alan Hahn wrote on X Monday morning.

“He was not only a friend, but a mentor and a teacher. He was, personally, one of my biggest resources of support when I moved into this career.”

Hahn ended his submit by writing … “Rest in peace, [Al Trautwig]. 💔”

Trautwig joined MSG in 1989 … and was identified for his pre-and-postgame in-studio protection of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. He additionally often held down the play-by-play duties for the NYR.

Over time, Al additionally lined the New York Yankees for MSG. Trautwig additionally garnered notoriety for his protection of Olympic gymnastics … which he lined for practically 20 years (he stopped in 2016).

Al even had performing chops. He appeared as himself within the 1993 John Sweet basic, “Cool Runnings.”

The reason for Trautwig’s dying has not been revealed, nonetheless, he took a depart of absence in 2019 after being identified with most cancers.