Curt Gowdy | |
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 in the early 1950s. | |
| Born | July 31, 1919 |
| Died | February 20, 2006 (aged 86)"Curt Gowdy dies at 86". The Boston Globe. February 20, 2006. |
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Curtis Edward "Curt" Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He was well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox.
In 1949 Gowdy began his Major League Baseball broadcasting career working as an announcer with Mel Allen for New York Yankees games on radio and television. In 1951 he began working for the Red Sox. He left the Red Sox after the 1965 season.
He covered the first five seasons of the American Football League with broadcast partner Paul Christman. Other sports he has called include:
- Wyoming Cowboys football and basketball
- Oklahoma Sooners football and basketball
- National Hockey League on NBC
- Olympic Games
- New England Patriots play-by-play
- National Basketball Association
- ↑ 2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program