Red Wings Announcer Budd Lynch Remembered as 'Ambassador of the Game'
The Wyandotte man began his career with the Red Wings in 1949 and worked in radio and TV before becoming public address announcer.
When Red Wings radio color commentator Paul Woods came to Detroit as a young player in 1977, he first met Budd Lynch. At the time, Lynch served as Detroit's public relations director, one of several hats the longtime Wyandotte resident would wear in his 63 years with the Red Wings organization. Lynch, who died Tuesday at age 95 after battling a brief illness at a local rehabilitation center, most recently served as the Red Wings' public address announcer, a post he held from 1985 though last season. He first came to Detroit in 1949 as a radio play-by-play announcer and was the longest-tenured Red Wings employee in the organization's history, according to the team. Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch acknowledged Lynch's legacy with the team. “Budd…
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Bryan Bentley
4:07 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012
Interesting that you rank Lidstrom ahead of Yzerman. I might think of disagreeing, but then I would be disputing Yzerman's view as well as your own. I personally will put Sawchuk at #4, and after that it is a bit murky... more ›