RIP Al Trautwig

[Inky_Wretch]

Just 68.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/24/sports/al-trautwig-longtime-voice-of-msg-network-dead-at-68/

 

[HanSenSE]

Just as an aside, somewhere in all those ads and photos there's a story.

West of the Hudson, I remember his mostly for NBC Olympics coverage of things like cycling road races, cross country skiing and freeing us from John Tesh on gymnastics.

 

[Driftwood]

He did good work on the Tour de France, too.

 

[SixToe]

Always thought he was solid. RIP

 

[Webster]

Really liked his work. And whenever I heard his name, I’d think of the “Wiggy” nickname which Raissman always used for him.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I really enjoyed his work. RIP.

 

[maumann]

Died two days before his 69th birthday. One of those guys who deservedly got the big boy job after working some crazy gigs, like NHL on USA and Classic Sports Network.

I remember him doing pit reporting for the Indianapolis 500 in the mid-1980s before he really made his mark with the Olympics coverage.

Had no idea he had cemented a spot with MSG all those years once he left the networks behind.

RIP, Al. Way too soon.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Really liked his work. And whenever I heard his name, I’d think of the “Wiggy” nickname which Raissman always used for him.

My goodness that's a deep NY-only cut.

Died two days before his 69th birthday. One of those guys who deservedly got the big boy job after working some crazy gigs, like NHL on USA and Classic Sports Network.

I remember him doing pit reporting for the Indianapolis 500 in the mid-1980s before he really made his mark with the Olympics coverage.

Had no idea he had cemented a spot with MSG all those years once he left the networks behind.

RIP, Al. Way too soon.

MSG did MSG things to him and dropped him in 2020, when he was clearly dealing with a serious health issue. He was mostly philosophical about it, though you could tell it stung him. This may be paywalled:

Al Trautwig, longtime MSG Networks broadcaster, dies at age 68

As noted above, he brought a certain big-time feeling to every event, and was never too big to do any event. A true staple of NY sports for decades (and got his start as a stick boy with the Islanders and a ball boy with the Nets, so he really was the local kid made good). RIP.

 

[Readallover]

https://www.northjersey.com/story/s...8-sports-broadcaster-msg-network/80030220007/

 

[Della9250]

What the heck. Go Jams

 

[wicked]

He’s 69 and he feels much older since I saw him on TV since I can remember.

Then I look at him and except for the shining dome, I thought he always looked pretty youthful.

 

[DanOregon]

So solid. I remember watching him in so many Olympics doing random sports - and he was astute and great in all of them. Kind of a next generation Jim McKay in all respects - not just what he did, but how he did them. RIP

 

[bumpy mcgee]

What the heck. Go Jams

Was just going to say, "He was electric in Cool Runnings' "