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	Curt Gowdy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curt Gowdy (born July 31, 1919, in Green River, Wyoming) is a former American sportscaster.
		Gowdy's numerous network television assignments, first for ABC and later for NBC and CBS, ran a wide range of sports.
		Gowdy was president of the Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, and that institution's Curt Gowdy Award (presented annually to outstanding basketball writers and broacasters) is named after him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curt_Gowdy (327 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1984 Frick Award Winner Curt Gowdy
		Curt Gowdy was the 1984 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
		Gowdy was the 1970 recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting for his "blend of reporting, accuracy, knowledge, good humor, infectious honesty and enthusiasm." He was the first sportscaster to be so honored and was also named "Sportscaster of the Year" on three occasions.
		Gowdy's numerous network assignments ran the gamut of sports: from the World Series to the Super Bowl to the Montreal Olympics to the "American Sportsman" series.
	baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/frick_bios/gowdy_curt.htm (269 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Living Legends: Curt Gowdy
		Gowdy was one of the most well-known baseball play-by-play voices, first locally for the Yankees and Red Sox, and then nationally for NBC.
		Curt Gowdy State Park is located in Cheyenne, Wyo. and has been since 1971.
		Gowdy also was there to make the call for one of the most memorable moments in baseball history -- April 8, 1974, when Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth as baseball's all-time home run leader.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2003/0518/1555916.html (1487 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Memories of Curt Gowdy
		Along with being a broadcaster for the Yankees and Red Sox, Curt Gowdy was in the booth for nine Super Bowls, 14 Rose Bowls, 24 NCAA Final Fours and eight Olympics.
		Curt Gowdy is to old World Series tapes what Russ Hodges is to the Giants' pennant in '51.
		Curt Gowdy announced the 1980 Olympic bobsled competition from Lake Placid, N.Y. In the four-man bobsled competition, Meinhard Nehmer of East Germany, broke the track record on his second and third heats.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2003/0522/1557642.html (965 words)

	CURT GOWDY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Curt Gowdy (born July_31, 1919, in Green_River,_Wyoming) is a former American sportscaster.
		Well-known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston_Red_Sox, Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in 1944 in Cheyenne,_Wyoming in a high_school football game.
		Gowdy was president of the Basketball_Hall_of_Fame for several years, and that institution's Curt Gowdy Award (presented annually to outstanding basketball writers and broacasters) is named after him.
	www.witwib.com /Curt_Gowdy (272 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / curtgowdy
		Gowdy still follows the Red Sox and this year he thinks the Red Sox have a good chance to go all the way.
		Gowdy's favorite Boston sports memory was calling Ted Williams' last at-bat; he hit a homer at Fenway to close out his Hall of Fame career.
		Gowdy has won numerous awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting and the Ford C. Frick Award, which is presented annually to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball." Recently, Gowdy was in Boston to received a Lifetime Achievement at the New England Sports Emmys.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/05/08/his_voice_echoes_through_the_years (815 words)

	GOWDY AND TEDDY BALLGAME IN THE FISHING HALL OF FAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gowdy and Williams forged a friendship around the batting cage, when the conversation would inevitably lead to tales of trout and tarpon.
		To the likes of Gowdy and fishing buddies like famed basketball coach Bobby Knight, Williams was at least as good with a pole as he was a bat.
		By the time Gowdy set up residence in the broadcast booth, Williams' finest years on the field were behind him.
	www.businesswire.com /emk/gowted.htm (1352 words)

	Voice of a nation: Gowdy was team's best - The Boston Globe
		In the years after leaving the Red Sox, Curt would become the nation's first famous TV sports broadcaster, working for all three major networks and earning plaques in the baseball, football, and basketball halls of fame.
		The Sox never came close when Curt worked at Fenway from 1951-65, but we all cared, and one of the reasons we cared was the brilliance of Curt Gowdy.
		Gowdy was master of ceremonies on that September day in 1960 when Ted homered in his last at-bat in the big leagues.
	www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/08/28/voice_of_a_nation_gowdy_was_teams_best (912 words)

	Wyoming Trivia Answer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1984, Gowdy was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
		Gowdy was included in a 1998 list of the ten greatest sportscasters of all time compiled by The Washington Post.
		In fact, Curt Gowdy is often referred to as "legendary" for his many accomplishments in sports broadcasting.
	wyomuseum.state.wy.us /answers/July00CurtGowdy.html (466 words)

	! International Angler
		Curt Gowdy is recognized as one of the greatest sports announcers of all time and is generally acknowledged as the voice of America’s post-war sports explosion.
		Gowdy served as the host for more than 200 episodes over 20 years, traveling with celebrities to the best destinations all over the world to hunt and fish.
		Gowdy was praised for his “winning blend of reportorial accuracy vast fund of knowledge in many areas, intelligence, good humor and an infectiously honest enthusiasm for his subject.” Known for his versatility, professionalism, and personal warmth, Curt Gowdy is admired and respected by everyone who knows him.
	www.igfa.org /hall.asp (18746 words)

	Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Curt Gowdy State Park, named after the famous broadcaster, was established in 1971 through a lease agreement with the city of Cheyenne and the Boy Scouts.
		The arrival of Union Pacific construction crews in the 1860s caused Native Americans to be pressured on the ever-shrinking hunting lands and their presence diminished into oblivion on the lands now known as Curt Gowdy State Park.
		In fairly close proximity to the Colorado border, 12 miles directly south, and the Nebraska border, 61 miles east, the beautiful attractions within Curt Gowdy State Park are also near the crossroads of two major interstates, I-80 and I-25.
	wyoparks.state.wy.us /curt.htm (626 words)

	Gowdy, Curt - 1985 Hall of Fame Inductee
		Curt Gowdy is, to borrow a line from the script of his broadcasting career, the true American Sportsman.
		His awards are just as impressive: the first Peabody award for outstanding journalistic achievement ever given to a sports figure, four Emmys, and induction into the media wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		During his twenty years as a broadcaster for ABC's award-winning "American Sportsman", and his fifteen years as the team announcer for the Boston Red Sox, Gowdy's distinctive voice, professionalism, and personal warmth have won him fans and friends throughout the country.
	www.americansportscastersonline.com /gowdy.html (160 words)

	BassFan.com
		Back in the '60s and early '70s, Curt Gowdy and his gaggle of pals brought outdoorsmen a television show that held us on the edges of our seats: the "old" American Sportsman.
		I was once told by a colleague that Gowdy's stylized banter was formed and couched by his many years of wading trout streams and dealing with the best of what Mother Nature happened to offer out in the West.
		Gowdy appears now from time-to-time on an ESPN Outdoors segment, while Pallot is a regular Saturday fixture on ESPN2.
	www.bassfan.com /Opinion_article.asp?ID=9 (756 words)

	Boston Red Sox News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Curt Gowdy (left) jokes with former Red Sox great Johnny Pesky during Monday's tribute to Ted Williams.
		And at the time Gowdy announced it to his listening public, he didn't mean to inform them of this.
		The relationship between Gowdy and Williams was one that went a lot deeper than broadcaster and player.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/bos/news/bos_news.jsp?ymd=20020722&content_id=87357&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp (599 words)

	He told the sports tales, and a generation listened
		Curt Gowdy spoke at the Salvation Army's annual Greater Portland Civic Luncheon on Monday.
		Gowdy looked at Cosell that day, perhaps 30 years ago, and made an observation that lacked neither passion nor color.
		Gowdy chuckled as he retold that story Sunday, sitting on a couch in the lobby of the Black Point Inn in Scarborough.
	sports.mainetoday.com /pro/stories/030617soll.shtml (810 words)

	Sachs, Curt -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In the realm of the social dance, the years between 1650 and 1750 were called “the age of the minuet” by the dance and music historian Curt Sachs.
		In the study of musical instruments the name of Curt Sachs looms so large that, despite the studies made since his death in 1959, no one has yet achieved his eminence in the field of musical instruments.
		Curt Gowdy was born on July 31, 1919, in Green River, Wyo. He graduated from the University of Wyoming, where he played on the basketball team.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9064649?tocId=9064649 (693 words)

	NetShrine Discussion Forum - Curt Gowdy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Curt Gowdy was the voice of NBC's "Game of the Week" when I was growing up.
		Gowdy worked in an era where the private, unsavory aspects of player's lives were hidden as much as possible.
		I don't know if Gowdy could work in the profession today, full-time, when nothing about a player's private life seems to be in play for broadcasters.
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/archive/index.php/t-10375 (670 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Curt Gowdy
		The Curt Gowdy Media Award for broadcasting was given to Bill Campbell, the 82-year-old Philadelphia icon who has done play-by-play for the Phillies, Eagles, and both the Warriors and 76ers.
		Back then, Curt Gowdy was the biggest TV star college basketball had, and Dick Vitale was a raving goofball in horn-rims preparing to take the job at the University of Detroit.
		Curt Gowdy, who would have won a few for his work with the Red Sox from 1951-65, will receive a Governors Award for lifetime achievement when this year's winners are honored May 2 at the Seaport Hotel.
	sports.surfwax.com /files/Curt_Gowdy.html (3991 words)

	Sports Radio Service
		Gowdy was the former voice of the Red Sox and he called Ted Williams’s 521st home run in his last at-bat in 1960.
		Curt later graduated to network TV and called the play-by-play for Super Bowl III and was the host for the NBC Baseball Game of the Week from the late 1960’s to the mid 1970’s.
		Gowdy’s presence brought a dignity to the broadcast that ESPN probably hasn’t seen much.
	www.sportsradioservice.com /misc/misc-052303.html (1268 words)

	April 8
		Curt Gowdy is the old baseball announcer who would put the hex or jinx on players all the time with his commentaries at inopportune times.
		We were very fortunate in getting the two games in, for Mother Nature was ticked off again and sent a lot of frozen flurries our way shortly after, canceling Friday's two-game set with Notre Dame.
		At Richmond, the term “Gowdy” with an emphasis on “DEE” in a little higher pitch.
	www.collegebaseballinsider.com /SE7.htm (993 words)

	Encyclopedia: Curt Gowdy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July.
		A sportscaster is an announcer on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events.
		Jump to: navigation, search The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Curt-Gowdy (1303 words)

	Bambino's Curse: Diary of a Red Sox Fan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Red Sox loss to the Yankees at Fenway last night is easier than normal for me to swallow for two reasons: The Red Sox, especially Wakefield, played well and Curt Gowdy was in the ESPN booth with Joe Morgan and Chris Berman.
		The other notable thing that sets Gowdy apart from today's TV broadcasters is he doesn't come across as mean.
		When listening to Gowdy there is always the awareness that there are hundreds of thousands of innings already played and hundreds of thousands more to play.
	www.bambinoscurse.com /archives/2003_05_18_index.php (2096 words)

	Wildernet - Curt Gowdy State Park
		Description - Curt Gowdy State Park, named after the famous broadcaster, was established in 1971 through a lease agreement with the city of Cheyenne and the Boy Scouts.
		For Park Information contact Curt Gowdy State Park, 1351 Hynds Lodge Rd., Cheyenne, WY 82009, (307) 632-7946.
		Location - In fairly close proximity to the Colorado border, 12 miles directly south, and the Nebraska border, 61 miles east, the beautiful attractions within Curt Gowdy State Park are also near the crossroads of two major interstates, I-80 and I-25.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/statepark.cfm?areaID=WYSPCG (426 words)

	Curt Gowdy \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Smooth, steady, and always well-prepared, Curt Gowdy announced Super Bowls, Olympic Games, and NCAA basketball championships along with his record 12 World Series and two decades as host of television's "The American Sportsman." Gowdy joined Mel Allen on Yankee broadcasts in 1949.
		Gowdy left Boston to join the fledgling NBC "Game of the Week" on TV, and was baseball's lone national voice from 1966 to 1975, providing the play-by-play for every WS and All-Star Game in that span.
		He was named National Sportscaster of the Year three times, and in 1984 he was named to the writers and broadcasters wing of the Hall of Fame.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gowdy_Curt.stm (148 words)

	The American Sportscasters Association-Becoming a Sportscaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An interview with Curt Gowdy, ASA Hall of Famer and former voice of ABC Sports, July 21, 2000 (Part 2 of 3)
		The following is Part 2 of an interview with ASA Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy which was conducted by ASA President Lou Schwartz on July 21, 2000.
		I decided to run down to the floor I was on before and I heard someone yelling, "Gowdy, where are you?" "They're waiting for you upstairs." When I got down to the floor they had the elevator waiting for me so I rushed up with about 30 seconds until the show started.
	www.americansportscasters.com /gowdy2_2.html (970 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Curt Gowdy State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Curt Gowdy State Park, named after the popular ABC sportscaster, was established in 1971 on lands once used for camping and hunting by several Native American tribes.
		The park is 23 miles from Cheyenne on the Happy Jack Road, whose 38 miles wind through midwestern grasslands and the rocky foothills of the Laramie Range.
		The view from a scenic overlook at Curt Gowdy State Park.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/918lls.htm (263 words)

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