George Finkel
George Finkel (July 29, 1936 – April 17, 2019) was an American television sports producer and director. He was the son of architect Maurice Herman Finkel. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1958.[1]
Finkel worked for NBC Sports from August 1971 to February 1990 and won three Emmys, for producing Super Bowl XIII,[2] for 1982 World Series, and for producing gymnastics at the 1988 Olympics.[1]
He also produced the highest-rated basketball game in television history: the 1979 NCAA men's championship game, featuring Magic Johnson's Michigan State defeating Larry Bird's Indiana State.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
References
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- ^ "When March Went Mad". Wall Street Journal. March 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia". BroadcastPioneers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Pioneers of Philadelphia Broadcasting George Finkel". Broadcast Pioneers. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ William Taafe (May 16, 1982). "Ohlmeyer: NBC Won't Be the Same Without Its Expert at Excess". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ Davis, Seth (March 3, 2009). When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball. Macmillan. ISBN 9780805088106. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Verna, Tony; Bode, William T (April 17, 1987). Live TV: an inside look at directing and producing. Focal Press. OCLC 14357417. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ "The Michigan Alumnus". UM Libraries. April 17, 1974. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "1980 Emmy nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2018. date=July 28, 2018}}
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