Gene Elston

Gene Elston broadcast Major League Baseball games in Houston for 25 years as the Voice of the Astros from 1962-86. He was behind the microphone for the first game in franchise history on April 10, 1962, when the Colt .45s defeated the Chicago Cubs. Elston was the first play-by-play broadcaster for the Houston franchise, and a generation of baseball fans received their introductions to both the Astros and MLB by his broadcasts. Elston broadcast baseball 47 years, and in 2006 was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for his significant and lasting contributions to the game of baseball through his work in broadcasting.