Филадельфия Иглз командасының дауысы: Меррилл Алан Риз

American sports announcer

Merrill Alan Reese (born September 2, 1942) is an American sports radio announcer best known for his role as the play by play radio announcer for the Philadelphia Eagles on SportsRadio 94.1 WIP FM. He has been the voice of the Eagles since 1977.

Reese grew up in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia and attended Overbrook High School. He is Jewish. Reese is a graduate of Temple University, earning a bachelor's degree in communications and broadcasting. While in college, he learned his craft by doing play by play over the college's radio station, WRTI FM. At WRTI, Reese also had a music show every Wednesday afternoon where he spun 45 rpm records from his own personal collection. After college and a stint in the United States Navy, Reese set out to obtain his first paid broadcasting gig auditioning at WCOJ in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and WPAZ in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Reese is co owner of 1490 WBCB (AM) in Levittown, Pennsylvania, a Bucks County suburb north of Philadelphia. Reese's autobiography, It's Gooooood!, was published in 1998. The title is a reference is to his distinctive and well recognized "field goal" call, which is usually delivered excitedly and at a high pitch that contrasts starkly with his usual baritone broadcasting voice. His wife Cynthia was a former sixth grade science teacher at Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb. His son Nolan has been an assistant editor of such films as Avatar, Iron Man 2 & The Muppets. His daughter Ida is a graphic designer. Reese's mother was also a teacher at Robert E. Lamberton School in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia, where the Reeses lived in the 1960s. Her love of musical theater was passed onto many of her students. In 2022, Reese provided vocals on the Christmas album A Philly Special Christmas.