Edwin Lloyd TYSON [332]
Cause of his death was Arterial Ailment. Other names for Edwin were Edwin L. TYSON and Ty TYSON. FamilySearch ID: LXSK-TKR. Find a Grave ID: 145317292. General Notes: Ty Tyson, 1924-50 wsa a radio announcer for the Detroit Tigers and the University of Michigan Football Team. In 1924 he made the first live broadcast of a UofM football game from the stands of Ferry Field. A few years later, in 1927, he made the first broadcast of a Detroit Tigers game. Burial Notes: Middle Section, near the back Noted events in his life were: 1. He worked as a Manager of WWJ Radio Station in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. "He (Ty Tyson) had made his success by being a sportscaster. And the Tigers were a great baseball team that he covered and he was known, well-known all around the whole area as the sportsman. But they made him the manager of the station, the station was owned by the Detroit News. And when they started the station, it was to be an advertising adjunct. And the reason that they started it was because one of the men who owned the Detroit News, a Mr. Scripps, decided that-well, he liked things, he liked to monkey with things, and he thought radio was really something interesting. And the decision was made in cooperation with the News advertising department that the broadcast power would be limited to the News' circulation area. And to this day, it is still limited. So that WWJ cannot reach more than five thousand watts, and all of the rest of the competition was ten thousand, fifty thousand, and all that sort of thing. So it's all a rather select little group that can listen to WWJ. But of course, it was the pioneer and eventually the advertising people recognized that this was of value and maybe they'd sell a little time too, you know, so that worked out." 2. He resided at Ward 2 in 1910 in Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States. 421 3. He resided at Ward 2 in 1920 in Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States. 421 4. He worked as a Broadcaster on 25 October 1924 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. Tyson broadcast the first play-by-play sports broadcast from the scene by WWJ radio when he described the University of Michigan-University of Wisconsin football game. 5. He worked as a Began radio broadcasts of Detroit Tigers games on station WWJ on 20 April 1927 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He made the first radio broadcast of a regular season Detroit Tiger game, an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. He went on to broadcast Detroit Tiger baseball seasons from 1927-1942 and 1951-1952. 6. He appeared on the 1930 United States census on 16 April 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. This event was shared with Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] (1895-1993) and Virginia L. TYSON [2093] (1925-). 7. He resided at 558 Marlborough Lane, Detroit, Michigan on 16 April 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. This event was shared with Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] (1895-1993) and Virginia L. TYSON [2093] (1925-). 8. He had a residence in 1935 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. 421 9. He appeared on the 1940 United States census on 13 April 1940 in Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan, United States. TYSON, Edwin (51), Catherine (44), Virginia (15), William (5). This event was shared with Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] (1895-1993), Virginia L. TYSON [2093] (1925-), and William R. TYSON [331] (1935-). 10. He resided at 815 Grand Marais on 13 April 1940 in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. 421 This event was shared with Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] (1895-1993), Virginia L. TYSON [2093] (1925-), and William R. TYSON [331] (1935-). 11. Draft Registration: WWII, 27 April 1942, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. 12. He worked as a Broadcaster on 3 June 1947 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Ty called the first telecasted Tigers game in Detroit on WWJ TV. Tigers lost to Yankees 3-0, Spec Shea was the winning pitcher while Hal Newhouser took the loss. 13. He was honored for Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction on 15 May 1996 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Inscription: Edwin married Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] [MRIN: 166], daughter of Frank Kreamer LUKENBACH [4797] and Catherine Whiteman BULLOCK [4798], in 1923. (Catherine M. LUKENBACH [2092] was born in 1895 in , , Pennsylvania, United States, died in 1993 and was buried in 1993 in Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.) |