Curt Gowdy (I think)announcing the game...

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

between UCLA and NC State in the '74 Final 4. After the UCLA score: "Walton with 11. He and David Thompson are high."

Like anybody else who might hear it, I was thinking, "Well, I don't know about Thompson...."

 

[drbubba]

I always thought of Kurt Gowdy as the Walter Cronkite of sportscasters. He and Dick Enberg were favorites for a long time. That's been soooo long ago. KG used to say "times out" and zero instead of nothing for scores. I liked that.

 

[BlueInBrooklyn]

David Thompson was as high as he was good at jumping. Just a different choice of party.

 

[blubo]

His bias as a red sox fan showed when he called the ‘75 world series vs the reds, which i didn’t have a problem with. he was overall a great announcer and better than most nowadays.

 

[TopCatCal]

His bias as a red sox fan showed when he called the ‘75 world series vs the reds, which i didn’t have a problem with. he was overall a great announcer and better than most nowadays.

Was that Curt Gowdy or Jim Simpson that was the announcer for the 1975 World Series? It’s been a long time.

 

[blubo]

Was that Curt Gowdy or Jim Simpson that was the announcer for the 1975 World Series? It’s been a long time.

It was gowdy. he was actually a red sox radio announcer for many years before going to tv.

 

[EMMCAT]

It was gowdy. he was actually a red sox radio announcer for many years before going to tv.

Gowdy was also an all-American bnasketball player for the Wyoming Cowboys and yes , he was the red Sox radio announcer for many years. Also had a reputation for being a very nice person.

 

[blubo]

Gowdy was also an all-American bnasketball player for the Wyoming Cowboys and yes , he was the red Sox radio announcer for many years. Also had a reputation for being a very nice person.

I never heard he was all america basketball player.

 

[FurdTerguson]

I couldn't stand Gowdy's voice. It sounded like he had that bubble in his throat that he couldn't get rid of. Listen to his call on the Sea of Hands play (Raiders-Dolphins 74). Can't understand most of it.

He did seem like a very nice guy, though. I worked for a pro football team once. We let a guy go who had one of those voices....made for his job. Replaced him with a guy who was nice as could be but sounded like some guy off the street.

 

[jameslee32]