About
Hall of Fame sportscaster and actor who covered baseball, football, boxing, amongst other sports.
Before Fame
At 20 years old, before attending military college, he was already learning his trade by announcing football games on a local radio station.
Trivia
His announcing could be heard during some of the very first televised football and baseball games.
Family Life
He suffered from an addiction to painkillers which greatly damaged his health, and resulted in one of his legs being amputated and his eventual death.
Associated With
He and Red Barber were both inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.
