Born in New York, Halsey L. Hall (1898–1977) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsnelling.asp.  He grew up in Minnesota. From his father, he learned baseball as well as the news business. Hall landed his first newspaper job in 1919, following World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and the Yeoman Third Class served from 1918 to 1919. Lore has it that Hall was in uniform when his storied journalism career began. He added sports broadcasting to his newspaper columns and radio shows, calling games for the University of Minnesota Gophers (football) and Minnesota's minor league baseball team, before moving to television in 1961 when Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins came to town. Hall received many awards during his career, and his excitable expression, "Holy Cow!," during a baseball game known throughout the Upper Midwest. Minnesota's Ambassador of Baseball died December 31, at age 79.
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