Jim Britt, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJim Britt
American sportscaster
Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1910
Date of Death: 31-Dec-1980
Profession: sports journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Jim Britt
- Jim Britt (April 11, 1910 — December 31, 1980) was an American sportscaster who broadcast Major League Baseball games in Boston, Massachusetts, and Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1940s and 1950s.
- On June 15, 1948, Britt was at the microphone on WBZ-TV for the first live telecast of a Major League game in New England, as the Boston Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs, 6–3, at Braves Field. A native of San Francisco, California, Britt graduated from the University of Detroit and began his broadcasting career in Michigan before taking on play-by-announcing for the University of Notre Dame's football and basketball teams, then the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball club.
- He joined the air staff of Boston's WNAC radio in 1939.
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