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Lindsey Nelson (May 25, 1919 – June 10, 1995) was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play of college football and New York Mets baseball. Nelson spent 17 years with the Mets and three years with the San Francisco Giants .
In 1964 he began handling the duties as announcer-host-coordinator for University of Tennessee coaches' television shows in football and basketball. His broadcasting career blossomed when he became the Vols' radio play-by-play voice, first, for basketball in 1965 and three years later for football (1968). [ 2 ]
Roderick Jon Bramblett Jr. (November 5, 1965 – May 25, 2019) was an American sportscaster who served as radio play-by-play announcer for Auburn Tigers football, basketball, and baseball. He received national media attention during the 2013 football season for his calls of the game-winning plays against the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama ...
College Football, College Basketball Paul Eells (September 24, 1935 – July 31, 2006) was an American sportscaster . He was the "Voice of the Razorbacks ", [ 1 ] broadcasting University of Arkansas basketball games on television and (after 1978) football games on radio.
Van Patrick (August 15, 1916 – September 29, 1974) was an American sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play work with the Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers.. Self-nicknamed "the Ole Announcer", Patrick called Lions games from 1950 until his death in 1974. [1]
May’s sports career began as a player, not an analyst. He wound up receiving a scholarship to play college football at Pitt. The offensive lineman became an immediate star for the Panthers, and ...
After graduating from Northeast Catholic High School in 1941 and Saint Joseph's University in 1947, Whitaker began his broadcasting career at WPAM in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In 1950 , he moved to WCAU where he did local weather broadcasts as well as other local announcing duties. [ 4 ]
On August 14, 1996, Mees, who did not know how to swim, drowned in a neighbor's swimming pool in Southington, Connecticut. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Police initially said that Mees had jumped into the pool to save his younger daughter but later said they did not know how he ended up in the water and classified his death as an accident .