Cawood Ledford died on this day 20 years ago...

[CatTough]

A football one, he was snowed under.

 

[gollumcat]

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Thanks for this it’s awesome

 

[Smashcat]

 

[Johnfarrel]

The best of the best.

 

[Johnfarrel]

By the time I started watching basketball, he had been retired for a few years but I do hope to read some stories about people who either: 1. Turned down the TV and turned up the radio to hear him. or
2. Would drive far into the mountains to pick up a signal to hear his broadcasts.

Love that type of post.

Did both. Never listened to the tv if I could tune him in. Drove to a high point near my home and threw an antenna wire into a tree so I could pick up his broadcast. If you could hear Cawood, you were at the game.

 

[TeoJ]

Coming to you from downtown Lexington, Ky.
Cawood was Grand Marshall at the Madison,Ind Regatta back in 77 or 78 and I was bar tending at a local watering hole. He came in and ended up talking for a long time. He asked how much his tab was and the owner walked and said if I charge you any thing I lose a bartender. He came back and had lunch the next day just to thank me, a great guy.

 

[Blue Decade]

One of a kind. There will never be another Cawood Ledford. Got to talk with him once. A total gentleman. Couldn't possibly have been nicer.