Edwin Lloyd (Ty) Tyson

Edwin Lloyd (Ty) Tyson
Radio Broadcaster (U of M, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions)

Ty Tyson was born in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and went on to attend Penn State University. Tyson started his radio career at WJR broadcasting a variety of non-sports events. In 1924 Tyson broadcast the first University of Michigan football game aired on radio. In 1927, Tyson broadcast his first Detroit Tigers baseball game which was the first full season of radio broadcasts for a Major League baseball team. He continued  broadcasting for the Tigers regularly through 1942 and then off and on after 1951. He broadcast the Lions for one season in 1951. In 1948, Tyson founded the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association which named their award the “Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting” in his honor. Ty Tyson was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. He passed away on December 12, 1968 at 80 years of age.