George Finkel

George Finkel (July 29, 1936 – April 17, 2019) was an American television sports producer and director. He was the son of architect Maurice Herman Finkel. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1958.^[1]

Finkel worked for NBC Sports from August 1971 to February 1990 and won three Emmys, for producing Super Bowl XIII,^[2] for 1982 World Series, and for producing gymnastics at the 1988 Olympics.^[1]

He also produced the highest-rated basketball game in television history: the 1979 NCAA men's championship game, featuring Magic Johnson's Michigan State defeating Larry Bird's Indiana State.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

1 2 "Obituary George Finkel". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
↑ "ABC captures four Emmys". The Gadsden Times. AP. March 5, 1980. p. 30. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
↑ "When March Went Mad". Wall Street Journal. March 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
↑ "The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia". BroadcastPioneers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
↑ "Pioneers of Philadelphia Broadcasting George Finkel". Broadcast Pioneers. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ William Taafe (May 16, 1982). "Ohlmeyer: NBC Won't Be the Same Without Its Expert at Excess". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
↑ Davis, Seth (March 3, 2009). When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball. Macmillan. ISBN 9780805088106. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
↑ Verna, Tony; Bode, William T (April 17, 1987). Live TV: an inside look at directing and producing. Focal Press. OCLC 14357417.
↑ "The Michigan Alumnus". UM Libraries. April 17, 1974. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
↑ "1980 Emmy nominations" (PDF). July 28, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2018.

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[Lee_Funeral_Home-1] 1 2 "Obituary George Finkel". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved April 28, 2019.

[2] "ABC captures four Emmys". The Gadsden Times. AP. March 5, 1980. p. 30. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

[wsj.com-3] "When March Went Mad". Wall Street Journal. March 20, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[4] "The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia". BroadcastPioneers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[5] "Pioneers of Philadelphia Broadcasting George Finkel". Broadcast Pioneers. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] William Taafe (May 16, 1982). "Ohlmeyer: NBC Won't Be the Same Without Its Expert at Excess". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.

[7] Davis, Seth (March 3, 2009). When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball. Macmillan. ISBN 9780805088106. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.

[8] Verna, Tony; Bode, William T (April 17, 1987). Live TV: an inside look at directing and producing. Focal Press. OCLC 14357417.

[9] "The Michigan Alumnus". UM Libraries. April 17, 1974. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Google Books.

[10] "1980 Emmy nominations" (PDF). July 28, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2018.

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