Al Trautwig, a sportscaster recognized for his work on MSG regionally in addition to the NHL and Olympics nationally, has died. He was 68.
“We lost a legendary voice in sports,” Hahn wrote on X. “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.”
“Al Trautwig had an amazing voice and knew how to use it the way a tenor could bring depth and intensity to a song. He loved sports and had incredible versatility from baseball to basketball and hockey. And that’s not even counting his incredible work at the Olympics.
Trautwig was a play-by-play announcer and studio host at MSG for Knicks, Rangers and Yankees games, working at the network for more than 30 years. He was also an announcer for USA when it aired NHL games in the 1980s.
The Long Island native covered Olympics gymnastics between 2000-2016, the U.S. Open tennis tournament and the Tour de France, among other major sporting events.
Trautwig also played himself in “Cool Runnings,” a sports activities comedy concerning the Jamaican bobsled staff competing on the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
