Al Trautwig Dies: NY Sportscaster And TV Voice Of Olympics Gymnastics And The NHL Was 68
deadline.comAl Trautwig, who had a long career as a New York sportscaster and also called national NHL games and Olympics gymnastics, has died.
He was 68. The news was shared by Alan Hahn, his former colleague at MSG Network, in a post on X. “We lost a legendary voice in sports,” Hahn wrote. “But we lost a lot more than that.
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.” No cause of death was mentioned, but press reports over the past year had indicated that Trautwig had received treatment for cancer.
Known for his lengthy stint at MSG, where he called Yankees baseball, Knicks basketball and a wide range of other live events along with studio programming, Trautwig also was a prominent voice for the NHL.
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