Re: Curt Gowdy RIP
- From: "Charley O" <gate1038spamfree@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:18:23 GMT
Thanks for the head-up. He will surely be missed - esprcially every time I
hear Trupiano.
"3finger" <cubfan23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://cbs4boston.com/sports/local_story_051111835.html
(CBS4) BOSTON Former Red Sox and NBC television broadcaster Curt Gowdy
died at his home in Florida Monday, after a long battle with leukemia.
He was 86 years old.
Gowdy's family was with him at the time of his death.
He was the radio voice of the Red Sox from 1951 to 1965. That time
included his famous call of Ted Williams' final home run in his final
at-bat at the end of the 1960 season.
Gowdy left the Red Sox to join NBC Sports, where he was the network's
lead television broadcaster for it's baseball game of the week. From
1966 to 1975, he called the play-by-play for every World Series and
All-Star game for NBC.
In his long career, he also announced Super Bowls, NCAA basketball
championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
He also spent two decades as the host of "The American Sportsman". He
was honored in his native Wyoming in 1971 when Curt Gowdy State Park
was established.
Gowdy was named National Sportscaster of the Year three times.
He joined the writers and broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of
Fame in 1984.
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