John McAdams (announcer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Public address announcer
Date of Birth: 03-May-1941
Date of Death: 16-Jun-2005
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John McAdams (announcer)
- John McAdams (May 3, 1941 – June 16, 2005) public address announcer for Philadelphia Big 5 college basketball at the Palestra from the 1981–82 season to the 2004–05 season and for the Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League baseball team for 871 consecutive home games; he also was the announcer at the Philadelphia Eagles home games..
- Known for his smooth, easy delivery.
- He was the PA Announcer for the Duke-Kentucky NCAA East Region Final in 1992 at the Spectrum when Duke's Christian Laettner beat Kentucky with his famous buzzer-beater jump shot.
- He was also the PA announcer for the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.He did radio play-by-play for several Philadelphia area college basketball teams and was official scorer for both the Philadelphia Phillies and their AA affiliate, the Reading Phillies--scoring his final game for Reading the night he died in his sleep.
- He frequently announced over 300 events a year, including men's and women's games on Big Five campuses and at Drexel, which has a banner in his memory on a wall in the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
- He was also a host on WIP Sports Talk radio. McAdams was inducted into Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2007.
- He is also honored with a microphone silhouette bearing his name on the outfield wall in center field at Frawley Stadium, the home of the Blue Rocks, near the retired numbers of players.
- He is also remembered annually with the John McAdams Service Award, which is presented by the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Association.
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