Yankees PA Man Bob Sheppard Dead at 99

It’s a sad day for Yankee fans.

Bob Sheppard, the team’s longtime PA man, is dead at 99 years of age.

Sheppard, whose authoritative voice earned him the nickname “The Voice of God”, worked at Yankee Stadium from 1951 to 2007. Over the course of his career, he announced more than 4,500 baseball games.  He even lived to see the Yankees nab 13 World Series championships.

Sheppard fell ill with a bronchial infection back in 2007.   He was also the PA announcer for the New York Giants from 1956-2006.

Before working for the New York Yankees, Sheppard served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, taught speech classes, and was even a PA announcer at his alma mater, St. John’s.

Sheppard often felt that his work as a speech teacher was more important than his work as a PA announcer.

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