Ed Lucas
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He was one of the first blind students in the country to regularly attend classes with a Seeing Eye Dog.
Since 1964, Ed Lucas has worked as a reporter/broadcaster, covering the New York area sports scene. In the late 1980s, Lucas was introduced by Phil Rizzuto to Allison Pfeifle, his florist, who was also legally blind. After a long courtship, Lucas married Allison at home plate in Yankee Stadium on March 10, 2006. This was the first time that anyone was allowed to be married in that hallowed spot.
Lucas was honored with a New York Emmy Award for his work with YESNetwork.com in 2008 and he recently began writing a weekly column, "As I See It," for the Jersey Journal in his native Jersey City, N.J. He also set a record in 2015 by attending his 60th straight Yankee Stadium home opener as a member of the press, a streak that began in 1956. Ed eclipsed former Yankee P.A. announcer Bob Sheppard's streak of 56 straight.
On April 21, 2015, Simon & Schuster and Derek Jeter Publishing released Ed's autobiography, "Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story." The book is available on Bookshare for persons with disablilities. A feature film based on Ed's life is also in pre-production. http://EdLucasOnline.com.
On April 21, 2015, Simon & Schuster and Derek Jeter Publishing released Ed's autobiography, "Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story." The book is available on Bookshare for persons with disablilities. A feature film based on Ed's life is also in pre-production. http://EdLucasOnline.com.
Ed Lucas also maintains a foundation The Ed Lucas Foundation for the Blind and Disabled.
- New York Times Biographical Sketch: "Baseball Blinded Him, Then Became His Life"
- About Ed Lucas from his website
- Yes Networks' Archive of the "Ed Lucas Show"
- Baseballhall.org: Ed Lucas reflections on a remarkable career
- Ed Lucas: 60 Years of Yankees Home Openers in His Sights (Sports Collectors Digest)
- His book on Bookshare: Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles
- His speakers bureau page