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Former Red Sox Broadcaster Curt Gowdy Dies At 86
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| Feb 20, 2006
Posted on 02/20/2006 8:41:27 AM PST by lunarbicep
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".
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.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Massachusetts
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To: lunarbicep
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02/20/2006 8:42:12 AM PST
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tje
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:43:15 AM PST
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dennisw
("What one man can do another can do" - The Edge)
To: lunarbicep
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02/20/2006 8:43:25 AM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3rd Bn. Fifth Marines RVN 1969)
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To: lunarbicep
Godspeed Curt! RIP...
...a Red Sox fan
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:44:44 AM PST
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big'ol_freeper
(..it takes some pretty serious yodeling to..filibuster from a five star ski resort in the Swiss Alps)
To: Uhhuh35
Didn't he call Aaron's 715th home run?
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02/20/2006 8:44:56 AM PST
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dfwgator
To: lunarbicep
To: lunarbicep
Boy, how many can remember the "The American Sportsman"? I am glad he had a long life on earth.
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02/20/2006 8:47:04 AM PST
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AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: lunarbicep
Wow. He was a part of my youth; a voice of a generation of sports fans.
I'll never forget his call of Hank Aaron's 715th home run. I've got it on cassette-recorded it "live".
God bless Mr. Gowdy and his family.
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02/20/2006 8:47:42 AM PST
by
zarf
(It's time for a college football playoff system.)
To: lunarbicep
I remember him best from when he "called" the olympics, back when they meant something.
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02/20/2006 8:47:51 AM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Uhhuh35
To: lunarbicep
RIP. One of the great ones! Did a great job on NBC baseball and football.
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02/20/2006 8:48:28 AM PST
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Kokojmudd
(Outsource the US Senate to Mexico! Put Walmart in charge of all Federal agencies!)
To: lunarbicep
Darn,Im gettin old. That guy was part of my growing up.Ill never forget his voice. Loved him....
To: lunarbicep; SamAdams76; TheRedSoxWinThePennant
RIP, Curt. I grew up listening to your broadcasts. Thank you for your professionalism and all the memories of which you were a part. Prayers out for your family.
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02/20/2006 8:51:44 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
('Republicans who vote for tax increases are rat heads in the Coke bottle" Grover Norquist)
To: lunarbicep
There was something about listening to Sox games on the AM radio at night with my Grand Father at summer camp at Winnipesaukee. The announcers would take turns going to the TV broadcast when televised or both be on the radio when it wasn't.
To this day, I love sitting out on the dark patio on a clear cool summer night, as long as there is a breeze to keep mosquitoes at bay, and listen to baseball on radio. The present Sox announcers have kept a tradition that Curt started for me of carefully painting a picture of the game through the radio theater of the mind.
To: AZRepublican
me, its was great when he did them with phil harris
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:52:20 AM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: lunarbicep
I am definitely NOT a Red Sox fan or even knew he did their play by plays...
...but I did know him as the host of The American Sportsman. The show that galvanized my love of the outdoors.
Thank you Curt (from a Yankees fan)
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02/20/2006 8:53:14 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: AZRepublican
"Boy, how many can remember the 'The American Sportsman'?" I do. Being a mid Westerner, that was my introduction to Curt Gowdy. It was a great show and one I couldn't wait to see each week.
God's blessings on his passing and to his family. We're missing a fine man.
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02/20/2006 8:53:18 AM PST
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bcsco
("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)
To: lunarbicep
Good bye Curt. I listened to you and watched you many a time
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02/20/2006 8:55:29 AM PST
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Horatio Gates
(If your belt buckle reads Allahu Akbar, You might be a red neck muslim!)
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