Felo Ramírez
Felo Ramírez | |
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| Born | Rafael Ramírez Arias 22 June 1923 |
| Died | 21 August 2017 (aged 94) Miami, Florida, US |
| Occupation(s) | Baseball play-by-play announcer, boxing analyst |
| Years active | 1945–2017 |
| Employer | Miami Marlins |
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Baseball career | |
| Member of the Caribbean | |
| Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2003 |
Rafael "Felo" Ramírez (22 June 1923 – 21 August 2017) was a Cuban-American Spanish language sports announcer, most notably for the Miami Marlins.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba, Ramirez was also a boxing expert, having broadcast fights for Latin American radio and television audiences since 1949 along with other Spanish-language broadcasters such as Buck Canel and, Pancho Pepe Cróquer when the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, aired through NBC Red Network, extended their Spanish programming activities to Latin American countries, where it was known as the Cabalgata Deportiva Gillette.