Sports Broadcaster. He will be best remembered as the longtime play-by-play man for the Atlanta Braves (1976 to 2008). He was dubbed "The Professor". He worked as a journalist for the Washington Post, had sportscaster positions in Binghamton, New York and Toledo, Ohio, prior to calling games for the Tidewater Tides in Norfolk, Virginia. For much of his tenure with the Braves, he shared the booth with Skip Caray, Ernie Johnson, Billy Sample and Don Sutton and called the action during Atlanta's league-dominating decade of the 1990s, which included their world championship year of 1995. Additionally, he covered games for the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Flames and worked on broadcasts for the Atlanta Falcons. Van Wieren earned the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year Award eight-times and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame in 2004. He died from cancer.
Sports Broadcaster. He will be best remembered as the longtime play-by-play man for the Atlanta Braves (1976 to 2008). He was dubbed "The Professor". He worked as a journalist for the Washington Post, had sportscaster positions in Binghamton, New York and Toledo, Ohio, prior to calling games for the Tidewater Tides in Norfolk, Virginia. For much of his tenure with the Braves, he shared the booth with Skip Caray, Ernie Johnson, Billy Sample and Don Sutton and called the action during Atlanta's league-dominating decade of the 1990s, which included their world championship year of 1995. Additionally, he covered games for the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Flames and worked on broadcasts for the Atlanta Falcons. Van Wieren earned the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year Award eight-times and is a member of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame in 2004. He died from cancer.
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