Dom Valentino

Dominick Valentino

• School Boston University

• Born December 21, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY USA
• Died April 17, 2012 in Manhattan, NY USA

Biographical Information

Dom Valentino was a sportscaster. Valentino called games for the Cincinnati Royals and the Kansas City-Omaha Kings of the National Basketball Association in the early 1970s. In 1975, he worked with the New York Yankees radio team, alongside Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer and Bill White. He also announced for the New York Nets basketball team and New York Islanders hockey team that year. In 1980, he called games for the Oakland Athletics. He also worked at the minor league baseball level, calling games for the New Orleans Pelicans and Las Vegas Stars.

While perceived as a quintessential New Yorker, he grew up in the suburbs of Boston, MA and went to college there. He got his start broadcasting Boston College athletic teams as well as games of the Boston Bruins in the NHL. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.