Biography
Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster. He called Boston Red Sox games on radio and TV for 15 years, and then covered many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s. He coined the nickname "The Granddaddy of Them All" for the Rose Bowl Game, taking the moniker from the Cheyenne Frontier Days in his native Wyoming.
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Filmography
all 8
Movies 5
TV Shows 3
self 3
Voice 2
Self (archive footage)
The Sounds of Baseball (2020)
TV
World Series Announcer (voice)
BASEketball (1998)
Movie
5.52
Baseball Announcer
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Movie
5.52
TV Commentator
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Movie
The Way It Was (1975)
TV
Curt Gowdy
Banacek (1972)
TV
4
Narrator (voice)
1969 New York Mets: The Official World Series Film (1969)
Movie
Self / Narrator
Rebels with a Cause: The Story of the American Football League
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.66
Based on 280 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1969
1975
1988
2020
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-07-31
Deathday2006-02-20 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceGreen River, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCheyenne · Wyoming, United States of America
AwardsSports Lifetime Achievement Award, Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, John Bunn Award, Peabody Awards
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