Where was Murphy born?

[Benjamin Grimm]

That would be a nice paragraph to kick off Lorn Brown's Wikipedia page.

I'm surprised he doesn't have an entry. I thought everyone even moderately famous had an entry on Wikipedia.

[seawolf17]

How about Lorna Doone?

[dinosaur jesus]

I knew a German who thought it was funny that the star of Bonanza was named Lohengrin.

[Guest Edgy DC]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorn_Brown

[Benjamin Grimm]

Way to go!

Who's next? Steve Albert?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think fairness demands we get some more Lorn facts.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I added a little bit about his other jobs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bring Lorn into your home!

http://www.voicebank.net/_lo_BrownLorn.m3u?location=http://vbfile1.voicebank.net/sandboxes/62/Commercial%20Men

[Benjamin Grimm]

More about Lorn Brown. I just did some quick Googling. A couple of times I followed the links, other times I didn't bother. But here's what I found:

According to answers.com, Lorn Brown was with the Brewers in 1980 and 1981.

It looks like he was with the White Sox before he went to Milwaukee and again after he left the Mets. I'm not getting a clear read on the exact dates.

He may have had a female radio partner named Mary Shane in the White Sox booth for one year in the 1970's.


A couple of New York Times articles that might have some useful information, if I had free access:

NewYorkTimes.com wrote: TV SPORTS; OFF-CAMERA PEOPLE LIFT METS' SHOWS By LAWRIE MIFFLIN During their Saturday telecast, the Mets and WOR-TV proudly announced that they had won the 1981 award for ''Outstanding Telecast of a Local Sporting Event'' from the New York State Broadcasters Association. For those who consider it a tiresome burden to listen to Lorn Brown and Ralph Kiner announcing Mets games, the immediate question was ''Why?'' How could the Mets' television team win any awards, when its announcers so often sound dull? The answer: There is much more to a sports telecast... August 3, 1982 Sports News Tim McCarver, the St. Louis Cardinals' catcher in three World Series in the 1960's, will be the new voice in the booth for the Mets for their games on commercial and cable television next season. He succeeds Lorn Brown, who had been badly received by television critics and sports columnists during his one season in New York this year. Al Harazin, a vice president for the Mets, said McCarver would join Ralph Kiner and another announcer to be named in the Channel 9 telecasts, and that he would wor... December 28, 1982 Sports News

A CPF post (I think by me) pops up on this search result page:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22lorn+brown%22&hl=en&lr=&start=30&sa=N




Lorn Brown remembers Peoria
"Back in 1968, we (Channel 19) were WIRL-TV (later WRAU-TV). I came over from WIRL radio to be the sports director. Clark Smith came in from Columbus, Ohio, and was joined with female Roz Deeter, just out of the University of Illinois. Two other ladies followed during the next five years. Bob Rice became general manager and brought in the New York City-style newscast, a lot of interplay, still being used today. We turned the local TV market upside down, going from No. 3 to No. 1. Rollie, like all of us, was very versatile and a capable announcer and was a huge part of our success," noted Brown.



Lorn Brown with Steve Trout in 1979.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I got a lot of that in there. Take a look. Add what's missing.