Sam Taub (September 10, 1886 – July 10, 1979) was a journalist and radio broadcaster who is best known for his work covering

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

. Taub was Jewish, and was born on New York's Lower East Side and raised on

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.Sam Taub
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Taub's first job in journalism was as an assistant to

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at the New York ''Morning Telegraph''. He eventually became sports editor of that paper. In 1924, Taub began his career as a radio boxing announcer. In 1939, he became the first person to announce a major fight for television when he called the

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- Max Baer bout. He also had a radio show called ''The Hour of Champions'' which ran for twenty-four years on WHN in New York. Taub also worked as a boxing journalist. His contributions were featured in '' The Ring'' from the 1920s until his death in the 1970s. Among the awards Taub received was the James J. Walker Award for "Long and Meritorious Service to Boxing" from the Boxing Writers Association. That same organization created the "

Sam Taub Award The Sam Taub Award is a yearly award presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism. The award is named after Sam Taub, a journalist and radio broadcaster who is best known for his work covering box ...

" for excellence in broadcasting journalism in 1978. He is an inductee of the

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. Taub received the Pillar of Achievement from the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere around ...

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International Boxing Hall of Fame Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taub, Sam 1886 births 1979 deaths American sports announcers Boxing commentators International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Jewish American journalists