Curt Gowdy had a great career.
Over the course of a career that stretched into the 1980s, Gowdy covered pro football (both the AFL and NFL), Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball. He was involved in the broadcast of 13 World Series, 16 baseball All-Star Games, 9 Super Bowls, 14 Rose Bowls, 8 Olympic Games and 24 NCAA Final Fours. He also hosted the long-running outdoors show The American Sportsman on ABC.
Gowdy called all the Olympic games televised by ABC (with the exception of the 1988 Winter Olympic games) from 1964-84 with Roone Arledge's sports department at ABC.
Curt Gowdy died on Feb. 20th 2006 at the age of 86.
In the mid-1970s Gowdy was host and producer of The Way It Was, for PBS, and in later years provided historic commentary for Inside the NFL, on HBO.
In 1970, Curt Gowdy became the first sportscaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award. He was elected to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1981. In addition, he was given the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and a lifetime achievement Emmy in 1992, and was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995.
Gowdy was president of the Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, and that institution's Curt Gowdy Award is presented annually to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters; he was one of its first two recipients.
Curt Gowdy's 20 Halls of Fame honors/inductions:
1. Conservation Hall of Fame International - April 16, 1973
2. International Fishing Hall of Fame - 1981
3. Natl. Sportscasters & Sportswriters Hall of Fame - 1981
4. Sportswriters & Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 1984
5. National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1984, Ford Frick Award recipient
6. American Sportscasters Hall of Fame - 1985
7. Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame - 1990
8. Gold Medal Hall of Fame Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New England
9. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame - 1992
10. Oklahoma Assoc. of Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 1994
11. Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame - 1995
12. American Football League Hall of Fame - 1995
13. University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame - Sept. 25, 1998
14. Florida Sports Hall of Fame - 1999
15. Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame --- 2001
16. International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame - 2003 17. Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 2003
18. Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame - 2004
19. National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame - 2005
20. Rose Bowl Hall of Fame --- 2005 inductee (Jan. 3, 2006)
Over the course of a career that stretched into the 1980s, Gowdy covered pro football (both the AFL and NFL), Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball. He was involved in the broadcast of 13 World Series, 16 baseball All-Star Games, 9 Super Bowls, 14 Rose Bowls, 8 Olympic Games and 24 NCAA Final Fours. He also hosted the long-running outdoors show The American Sportsman on ABC.
Gowdy called all the Olympic games televised by ABC (with the exception of the 1988 Winter Olympic games) from 1964-84 with Roone Arledge's sports department at ABC.
Curt Gowdy died on Feb. 20th 2006 at the age of 86.
In the mid-1970s Gowdy was host and producer of The Way It Was, for PBS, and in later years provided historic commentary for Inside the NFL, on HBO.
In 1970, Curt Gowdy became the first sportscaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award. He was elected to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1981. In addition, he was given the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, the Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 and a lifetime achievement Emmy in 1992, and was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995.
Gowdy was president of the Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, and that institution's Curt Gowdy Award is presented annually to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters; he was one of its first two recipients.
Curt Gowdy's 20 Halls of Fame honors/inductions:
1. Conservation Hall of Fame International - April 16, 1973
2. International Fishing Hall of Fame - 1981
3. Natl. Sportscasters & Sportswriters Hall of Fame - 1981
4. Sportswriters & Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 1984
5. National Baseball Hall of Fame - 1984, Ford Frick Award recipient
6. American Sportscasters Hall of Fame - 1985
7. Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame - 1990
8. Gold Medal Hall of Fame Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New England
9. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame - 1992
10. Oklahoma Assoc. of Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 1994
11. Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame - 1995
12. American Football League Hall of Fame - 1995
13. University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame - Sept. 25, 1998
14. Florida Sports Hall of Fame - 1999
15. Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame --- 2001
16. International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame - 2003 17. Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 2003
18. Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame - 2004
19. National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame - 2005
20. Rose Bowl Hall of Fame --- 2005 inductee (Jan. 3, 2006)
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