Curt Gowdy

[sheldonm]

....of leukemia at the age of 86 . Spent much of my youth listening to Curt call games.....sad news!

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[Jim R]

Spent much of my youth listening to Curt call games...

Me too. Seemed like he was all over the place, kind of like someone like Jim Nantz is now. But I can't really remember how many different sports he called.

RIP

[JSngry]

Not just calling games, either. Remember The American Sportsman?

Just remember - when you've got more strikeouts than innings pitched, you've got stuff.

[Free For All]

Spent much of my youth listening to Curt call games...

Me too. Seemed like he was all over the place, kind of like someone like Jim Nantz is now. But I can't really remember how many different sports he called.

RIP

Keith Jackson is another favorite.

Sad news. RIP

[chris olivarez]

One of my early favorites. He and Al DeRogatis were quite the pair. RIP.

[Jim R]

I remember The American Sportsman (albeit faintly ). I think my strongest memories of Gowdy are from the years of the UCLA basketball dynasty.

[AllenLowe]

He's also in the film Munich -

[GA Russell]

When I ws a pre-schooler we lived in Boston, and I remember my dad watching the Red Sox games on TV with Curt Gowdy announcing.

Later I was an AFL fan, and having moved to New Orleans we saw the Houston Oilers games every week with Curt Gowdy and Paul Chrisman. Chrisman is still my favorite analyst.

In the 70s I lived in Pittsburgh, and Gowdy called the Steelers games each week with Al DeRogatis, as Chris Olivarez mentioned. DeRogatis was the most unpopular announcer in Pittsburgh at the time. The callers of the radio talk shows couldn't stand him!

And of course, I remember all the World Series Gowdy called. I remember that Charlie Finley once complained about Gowdy, saying that it was obvious that he still rooted for the Red Sox.

I didn't watch The American Sportsman. But it appeared to me that they didn't have any trouble getting celebrities to sign up for a fishing trip with Curt Gowdy!

[ValerieB]

i have extremely pleasant and strong memories of this lovely man. since i attended or listened to practically every red sox game from 1956 to 1960, i think probably explains it. curt's sidekick, bob murphy, also passed fairly recently. i wish the obit had mentioned how many years he had been married to jerre as it must be well over 50 years! i remember them as an extremely handsome couple. he was a supreme professional as well as gentleman.

[catesta]

I didn't realize he was ill.

Definitely one of the greats in the world of sports announcers.

R.I.P., Curt.

[Randy Twizzle]

I loved watching Curt and superannuated show biz folks like Bing Crosby and Phil Harris tracking down and killing little animals on American Sportsman.

[Quincy]

I thought he was dead about 15 years ago or so because there's a stretch of the freeway named for him in Wyoming. For some reason highways are more likely to named after the living, so when later I found out he wasn't dead it was a happy occasion!

His pairing with Tony Kubek from the Game Of The Week days is still my favorite announcing team .

Thank ya Mr. Gowdy.

[BruceH]

Sad news. The sound of his voice was part of my childhood. RIP.