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Dave Wills (David Herbert Wills) was born on 13 March, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American sportscaster (1964–2023). Discover Dave Wills's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As David Herbert Wills
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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 13 March 1964
Birthday 13 March
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 5 March, 2023
Died Place Lutz, Florida, U.S.
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1964

David Herbert Wills (March 13, 1964 – March 5, 2023) was an American sportscaster best known as an announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays radio broadcasts.

A native of the Chicago area, he was involved in both sports and journalism in high school and college.

After a short stint as a college baseball coach, he began covering sporting events on local radio and television, then did play by play radio for a minor league baseball club.

1988

He attended Elmhurst College, where he pitched on the baseball team and worked for the school's newspaper until graduating with degrees in speech communications and urban studies in 1988.

While in college, he also worked for SportsPhone, a call-in service that provided one minute of sports scores and updates for the Chicago area.

1989

After graduation, Wills served as the pitching coach/recruiting coordinator for the Elmhurst College baseball team in 1989 and as the interim head baseball coach at the University of Chicago in 1990.

Wills began his on-air broadcasting career covering sports for radio stations WMAQ and WMVP in Chicago.

1991

His first play-by-play position was with the Class-A Kane County Cougars, for whom he was the radio voice from 1991 to 1995.

1997

Wills joined the Chicago White Sox Radio Network as a pre- and post-game host in 1997.

From 1997 to 2004, Wills served as the pre-game and post-game analyst and back-up for John Rooney on White Sox radio broadcasts.

During the same period, he also co-hosted a daily sports talk radio show, hosted a local cable television sports show, hosted the pre- and post-game radio broadcasts for Notre Dame football and basketball, and did radio play-by-play for University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) basketball.

2005

In 2005, he and broadcast partner Andy Freed became the radio voices of the Rays, a position he held until his sudden death in March 2023.

Wills was born in Chicago and raised in nearby Oak Lawn, where he was a "die-hard" fan of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He played baseball and basketball at Oak Lawn Community High School, where he also wrote for the school newspaper.

Wills and Andy Freed were hired as the new broadcast team by the Tampa Bay Rays before the 2005 season, replacing the club's original radio team of Paul Olden and Charlie Slowes.

The pair become popular in the Tampa Bay area and well respected across the league for their knowledge of the game and on-air comradery, and Wills was particularly known for his "big personality" and his ability to connect with fans off the air.

Wills and Freed alternated play by play and color commentator duties during Rays game broadcasts, usually trading roles every three innings.

2016

In 2016, Wills was inducted into the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame.

Wills lived in Lutz, Florida.

He and his wife, Liz, had two children.

While covering the Rays on a roadtrip to Toronto in September 2022, Wills was hospitalized with a heart condition which was diagnosed as supraventricular tachycardia.

He missed the last two weeks of the Rays' regular season and returned to the radio booth for the 2022 American League Wild Card Series.

Wills returned to regular duties for spring training in 2023.

Hours after broadcasting a Rays spring training victory against the New York Yankees, he died in his sleep at his home early on the morning of March 5, 2023, eight days before his 59th birthday.

2017

They each signed several contract extensions with the Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network, last signing a "multi-year" deal after the 2017 season.