Bob Heussler
Bob Heussler (born Brooklyn, New York), currently resides in Hamden, Connecticut and is a radio sports broadcaster at WFAN in New York for thirty years. He made regular appearances on the Mike and the Mad Dog and Mike's On programs since 1993.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/mike-francesa-last-show-wfan-1.15471968|title=Mike Francesa signs off: 'I love you. Goodbye'|work=Newsday|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} He currently is the radio play-by-play voice of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun.{{Cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/personality/bob-heussler/|title=Bob Heussler|website=newyork.cbslocal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}} Additionally, Bob broadcasts Fairfield Stags men's basketball on WVOF{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2014/01/25/sorry-bill-but-youve-got-no-room-for-sanctimony/|title=Sorry Bill, but you've got no room for sanctimony|date=2014-01-25|work=New York Post|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} and has done play-by-play for University of Connecticut basketball and football for the Connecticut Radio Network. Heussler's radio call of Tate George's game-winning shot in the 1990 East Regional semifinals against Clemson is one of the most famous in college basketball history. Heussler is a 1977 graduate of the University of Bridgeport.{{Cite web|url=https://omny.fm/shows/mike-francesa/mike-francesa-with-john-minko-and-bob-heussler|title=Mike Francesa with John Minko and Bob Heussler - Mike Francesa - Omny.fm|website=omny.fm|access-date=2018-11-12}}
Most WFAN personalities refer to Heussler as "Mr. Met" because of his love of the New York Mets.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/wfans-mr-met-bob-heussler-attending-45th-straight-home-opener/|title=WFAN's "Mr. Met," Bob Heussler, Attending 45th Straight Home Opener - Sports Broadcast Journal|date=2018-03-29|work=Sports Broadcast Journal|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}}
On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, Mike Francesa reported the death of Bob's wife Marcia Heussler after a long illness.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070108130609/http://wfan.com/pages/119239.php?contentType=4&contentId=234513 WFAN Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071103005827/http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2007/11/01/SectionB/Local.Legend.The.Voice.Of.Fairfield.Basketball-3067999.shtml Tom Cleary, 'Local legend: The voice of Fairfield basketball,' The Mirror, November 1, 2007.]
- [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/personality/bob-heussler/ CBS Local profile]
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