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Old 02-20-2006, 10:45 AM   #1
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Default O.T. Curt Gowdy died.
All the old Red Sox fans have memories of him. Former Red Sox announcer and Baseball Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy has died, according to WBZ Radio. He was 86 years old and died at his home in Florida after a long battle with leukemia.
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He was also the play by play guy for the AFL and was the top guy for AFC games for a while.
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Curt Gowdy....he was the Red Sox voice for ages...did some football..very sad to hear that..He was a true legend of broadcasting in New England...I think he did the first year of the Breakers as well...
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Curt Gowdy....he was the Red Sox voice for ages...did some football..very sad to hear that..He was a true legend of broadcasting in New England...I think he did the first year of the Breakers as well...
"The Cowboy". I actually wrote a letter to Curt when I was a kid asking what one could do to get into sports broadcasting. Must have got lost in the mail, never heard back. He did broadcast football too, like you say, and you hear his voice on recaps of some of those great old AFL championship games, like Oakland - Miami. He also did the famous Joe Namath guarantee super bowl game (SB III).
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He also did pats games on radio for one year just before he retired
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I never got to hear his broadcasts live, but hearing clips from old broadcasts over the years, I can understand what the older-timers are talking about and feeling with this news. Mr. Gowdy just had one of those great "baseball voices."
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FWIW My uncle kept his bird dog for him a few times when he went on vacation...I think it was Colorado. I think then he moved there full time.

I never met him, but I got the impression he was a class act.
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He was my all time favorite announcer. When I think of him , it takes me back to NBC's game of the week(any sport he did them all). If he was announcing it you knew it has an important game. Rest In Peace great one.
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Glad he got to see the sox win it all..........adios Curt........
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Glad he got to see the sox win it all..........adios Curt........
amen,brother. cant count how many thousand sox games i listened to with curt. there was something magical about hearing a sox game late at night on the radio-much better than watching on tv. i still laugh when i remember how he pronounced " lager beer" with that cowboy accent of his.(tho i guess it was no funnier than how we beantowners butcher it). he was a total class act.
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