Curt Gowdy

American sportscaster (1919–2006)

Curt Gowdy

Gowdy in the early 1950s.

Born|

Curtis Edward Gowdy

(1919-07-31)July 31, 1919

Green River, Wyoming, U.S.

Died| February 20, 2006(2006-02-20) (aged 86)

Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

Resting place| Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater| University of Wyoming, 1942
Occupation| Sportscaster
Spouse| Jerre Dawkins (m. 1949–2006; his death)
Children| 2 sons, 1 daughter
Awards|

* Ford C. Frick Award
* Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
* Rose Bowl Hall of Fame

Military career
Allegiance|  United States
Service / branch|  U.S. Army Air Forces
Years of service| 1942–1943

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 Cheyenne Frontier Days in his native Wyoming.

## Early years

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The son of Ruth and Edward "Jack" Gowdy (Curt's father was a manager and dispatcher for the Union Pacific railroad [1]), Curtis Edward (Curt) Gowdy was born in Green River, Wyoming, and moved to Cheyenne at age six. As a high school basketball player in the 1930s, he led the state in scoring. He also showed an early interest in journalism, serving as sports editor of his high school newspaper.[2] He enrolled at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, where he was a 5'9" (175 cm) starter on the basketball team and played varsity tennis, lettering three years in both sports for the Cowboys. He was also a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.[citation needed]

After graduating in 1942 with a degree in business statistics, he entered the army, where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant.[3] Gowdy planned to become a fighter pilot, but a ruptured disk in his spine from a previous sports injury cut short his military service in the Army Air Force, leading to a medical discharge in 1943. Gowdy would continue to suffer from persistent back problems for many years.[4]

In November 1943, recovering from back surgery, Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in Cheyenne calling a "six-man" high school football game from atop a wooden grocery crate in subzero weather, with about 15 people in attendance. He found he had a knack for broadcasting, and worked at the small KFBC radio station and at the Wyoming Eagle newspaper as a sportswriter (and later sports editor). After several years in Cheyenne, he accepted an offer from CBS's KOMA radio in Oklahoma City in September 1945.[5] He was hired primarily to broadcast Oklahoma college football (then coached by new-hire Bud Wilkinson) and Oklahoma State college basketball games (then coached by Hank Iba). In 1947–1948, in addition to calling football and basketball on KOMA, Gowdy was also broadcasting the baseball games of the Texas League Oklahoma City Indians, on station KOCY.[6] When Gowdy announced in early 1949 that he was leaving Oklahoma to work in New York, his replacement was fellow Oklahoma City sportscaster Bob Murphy.[7]

Gowdy's distinctive play-by-play style during his broadcasts of minor league baseball, college football, and college basketball in Oklahoma City earned him a national audition and then an opportunity with the New York Yankees in 1949, working with (and learning from) Mel Allen for two seasons.[citation needed]

## Family background

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In June 1949, Curt married Geraldine (Jerre) Dawkins. She had a bachelor's degree in education from Central State College, and was studying for a master's degree in Radio Speech at the University of Oklahoma when they became engaged.[8] Curt and Jerre had three children: Cheryl Ann Gowdy, Curtis Edward Gowdy Jr. (who worked as a sports producer for ABC and SNY),[9] and Trevor Gowdy.

## Boston Red Sox

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Gowdy began his Major League Baseball broadcasting career working as the No. 2 announcer to Mel Allen for New York Yankees games on radio and television in 1949–50. There, he succeeded Russ Hodges, who departed to become the New York Giants' lead announcer when the Yankees and Giants decided to broadcast a full slate of 154 games, instead of sharing the same radio network and announcers for the 77 home games of each team that had been broadcast (no away games of either team were broadcast). Two years later, in Boston, the Red Sox and the Boston Braves followed a similar path, with each team opting for its own networks and announcers to allow each team to broadcast their full schedules, home and away. Jim Britt, who had called home games of both teams, decided to stay with the Braves, opening the top spot on the Red Sox broadcast team.[10]

In April 1951 at the age of 31, Gowdy began his tenure as the lead announcer for the Red Sox. For the next 15 years, he called the exploits of generally mediocre Red Sox teams on WHDH radio and on three Boston TV stations: WBZ-TV, WHDH-TV, and WNAC-TV (WBZ and WNAC split the Red Sox TV schedule from 1948 through 1955; WBZ alone carried the Red Sox from 1955 through 1957; and WHDH took over in 1958). During that time, Gowdy partnered with two future baseball broadcasting legends: Bob Murphy and Ned Martin. Chronic back pain caused Gowdy to miss the entire 1957 season. He also did nightly sports reports on WHDH radio when his schedule permitted. Gowdy was also the narrator of several Red Sox highlight films during his tenure in Boston which described the season in depth along with its key moments; this would lead to him eventually narrating World Series highlight films during his time with NBC (1968–1974, '77).[citation needed]

Gowdy called Ted Williams' final at-bat where he hit a home run into the bullpen in right-center field off Jack Fisher of Baltimore. He also called Tony Conigliaro's home run in his first at-bat at Fenway Park on April 17, 1964, at the age of 19.[citation needed]

He left WHDH after the 1965 season for NBC Sports, where for the next ten years he called the national baseball telecasts of the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week and Monday Night Baseball during the regular season (and the All-Star Game in July), and the postseason playoffs and World Series in October.[citation needed]

## National broadcaster

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### Early ABC Sports career

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Following a stint calling NBA games for NBC from 1955 to 1960, Gowdy moved to ABC, where he teamed with Paul Christman to cover college football in 1960 and 1961 and the American Football League from 1962 to 1964. On February 27, 1966, Gowdy called his final major event for ABC, the 1966 Daytona 500 which aired as part of the long running sports anthology series Wide World of Sports.

### NBC Sports

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In the fall of 1965, he moved full-time to NBC, with whom he would be employed for over a decade. Gowdy was the lead play-by-play announcer for the network for both the American Football League (AFC from 1970 on) and Major League Baseball, but Gowdy also covered a wide range of sports, earning him the nickname of the "broadcaster of everything." He called the 1969 Final Four in Louisville and during the closest played game of the tournament, the semi-final between UCLA and Drake, he confused Drake with Duke, mistakenly calling the Drake Bulldogs by the wrong name no fewer than three times. It was Drake that came within three points of upsetting the mighty Bruins.

Besides Christman, who followed him from ABC to NBC, Gowdy's other football broadcast partners were Kyle Rote, Al DeRogatis, Don Meredith, John Brodie, and Merlin Olsen. His broadcast partners for baseball included Pee Wee Reese, Tony Kubek, Sandy Koufax, and Joe Garagiola. He also had many different partners for basketball, including Tommy Hawkins and Billy Packer. DeRogatis was also Gowdy's partner for college football games.

#### Departure from NBC's baseball telecasts

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After the 1975 World Series, he was removed from NBC's baseball telecasts, when sponsor Chrysler insisted on having Joe Garagiola, who was their spokesman in many commercials, be the lead play-by-play voice. While Gowdy was on hand in the press box for Carlton Fisk's home run in Game 6 of the 1975 Series, the calls were made by two of Gowdy's Red Sox successors, Dick Stockton on TV and Ned Martin on radio. Gowdy was Martin's color man on that home run. Gowdy returned to the NBC World Series broadcast in 1978 as "Host" with Garagiola handling play-by-play and Kubek and Tom Seaver providing color.[11] After umpire Frank Pulli decided not to call interference on a significant base-running play involving Reggie Jackson in Game 4 of the 1978 Series, Gowdy interviewed Pulli on NBC shortly before Game 5 began.

### Later work

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He continued as NBC's lead NFL announcer through the 1978 season, with his final broadcast being Super Bowl XIII between Pittsburgh and Dallas. With NBC anxious to promote Dick Enberg to the lead NFL position, NBC orchestrated a “trade” with CBS for the up-and-coming Don Criqui, who enjoyed a long career with NBC.[12] After switching networks, Gowdy called NFL games on CBS for two seasons with former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Hank Stram, and also did baseball on radio. He returned to ABC to call regional college football in 1982 and 1983. In 1987, Gowdy was the radio voice of the New England Patriots.

In 1976, when Gowdy otherwise still worked for NBC, he was loaned to ABC to work on their Summer Olympics coverage in Montreal. Gowdy called swimming with Donna de Varona and basketball with Bill Russell.

### Notable moments called by Gowdy

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Curt Gowdy was present for some of American sports' storied moments, including Ted Williams' home run in his final at-bat in 1960, Super Bowl I, the AFL's "Heidi" game of 1968, and (after the 1968 pro football season) the third AFL-NFL World Championship game (Super Bowl III) in which Joe Namath and the New York Jets defeated the NFL champion Baltimore Colts. Two years later in Super Bowl V, Gowdy called the dramatic 16–13 Colts' win over Dallas. The next year in 1971, Gowdy's telecast on NBC caused many a Christmas dinner to be delayed as the country locked in that Christmas Day to the longest game in pro football history when the Miami Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 in the final game at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium. He also covered Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of 1972, Clarence Davis' miraculous catch in a "sea of hands" from Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, to defeat the Miami Dolphins in the final seconds of a legendary 1974 AFC playoff game, and Hank Aaron's 715th home run in 1974.

Gowdy endeared himself to long-suffering American Football League fans when it was learned that in an off-air break towards the end of a game, he asked rhetorically: "“I want to see Tex Maule, that —————.”", a reference to the Sports Illustrated writer who for years had denigrated the AFL.[13] On-air, in contrast to some of his contemporary announcers of NFL games, he avoided their hyperbole and transparent adulation of players, and gave steady, nonpartisan, but colorful descriptions of AFL games.[citation needed] Gowdy was also known for the occasional malapropism, including a consoling comment just after the Red Sox lost the 1975 World Series: "Their future is ahead of them!"[citation needed]

### Notable assignments

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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 from 1964 to 1988 with Roone Arledge's sports department at ABC.

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.

### Relationship with Roone Arledge

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Gowdy was also close friends with Arledge, and acknowledged that he gives Arledge all the credit for making ABC what it is today, including the creation of the network's sports department, and the innovations for televising sporting events that made the sports departments at NBC and CBS jealous. The two were the creators, and first producers for the Wide World of Sports television show.

In 1970, he was coveted by ABC's Arledge for the new Monday Night Football, but Gowdy was bound by his contract to NBC Sports (although he continued with Grits Gresham of Natchitoches, Louisiana, to host The American Sportsman on ABC).

### Commentating style

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Gowdy was said to have a warm, slightly gravelly voice and an unforced, easy style that set him apart from his peers. (Author John Updike once described him as sounding "like everybody's brother-in-law.") Unlike many well-known sportscasters, Gowdy never developed catchphrases or signature calls, but merely described the action in a straightforward manner. Examples:

> Jack Fisher into his windup, here's the pitch...Williams swings, and there's a long drive to deep right...it could be...it could be...IT IS! A home run for Ted Williams, in his last time at bat in the major leagues!

> — Calling Williams' final career at-bat on September 28, 1960.

> The ball's hit deep... deep...it is gone! He did it! He did it! Henry Aaron... is the all-time home run... leader now!

> — Calling Aaron's 715th career home run on April 8, 1974.

### Retirement

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Gowdy's career wound down after The American Sportsman was canceled in 1985.

He briefly came out of retirement in 1987 to call the New England Patriots on radio, and in 1988 he returned to NBC to call September NFL games with Merlin Olsen and old partner Al DeRogatis, while Olsen's regular partner Dick Enberg was covering the Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In May 2003, a few months shy of his 84th birthday, Gowdy called a Red Sox–Yankees game from Fenway Park, as part of the ESPN Major League Baseball "Living Legends" series. At the end of the broadcast, he thought he could have done better. ESPN's Chris Berman said, "We'll give you another chance." Gowdy replied, "Call me back."

Gowdy also co-hosted the Drum Corps International Championships on PBS from 1989 to 1993 with Steve Rondinaro.[14]

## Other appearances

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### Film cameos

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Gowdy made cameo appearances in the movies The Naked Gun (1988) and Summer Catch (2001), and his voice can be heard in Heaven Can Wait (1978) and BASEketball (1998).

* Heaven Can Wait (1978) – TV Commentator
* The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) – The Baseball Announcer #5
* An American Summer (1990) – Himself
* BASEketball (1998) – World Series Announcer (voice)
* Summer Catch (2001) – Himself

### Television and radio commercials

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In the 1950s and '60s, 'Curt Gowdy did pre-recorded and live commercials for Red Sox sponsor Narragansett Beer. His voice speaking the famous line: "Hi Neighbor, have a 'Gansett" was known to Red Sox fans everywhere.[15] In the 1980s, Gowdy voiced a series of beer commercials for Genesee. Essentially, these ads had an outdoor enthusiast theme, with Curt's tag line being "Genesee – the great outdoors in a glass."

## Author

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Gowdy, who also did some sportswriting during his early broadcasting days, wrote two books: Cowboy at the Mike (1966), with Al Hirshberg, and Seasons to Remember: The Way It Was in American Sports, 1945–1960 (1993), with John Powers. He also wrote the foreword for the 2000 book The Golden Boy, authored by Dr. George I. Martin, in which Gowdy described the subject of the book, Jackie Jensen, as possibly the best athlete he had ever covered.

## Radio stations

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In 1963, Gowdy purchased radio stations WCCM and WCCM-FM in Lawrence, Massachusetts, later changing the FM station's call letters to WCGY to somewhat match his name. Gowdy also owned several radio stations in Wyoming, including KOWB and KCGY in Laramie. He sold his broadcast interests in Massachusetts in 1994 and his Wyoming stations in 2002. He also owned WEAT and WEAT-FM in West Palm Beach, Florida, and WBBX in New Hampshire. The year away from broadcasting the Red Sox in 1957 awakened him to the fact that he might need an alternate way of making a living, leading to his interest in station ownership.

## Awards

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In 1970, Gowdy became the first sportscaster to receive the George Foster Peabody Award. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named Gowdy as Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year five times (1959–1963) and National Sportscaster of the Year twice (1966, 1969), and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1985, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame along with his onetime Yankees partner Mel Allen and Chicago legend Jack Brickhouse. He served as the organization's vice president and was a member of its board of directors. In addition, he was given the Ford C. Frick Award from the National 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 2000. Gowdy was president of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for several years, and that institution's Curt Gowdy Media Award is presented annually to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters; he was one of its first two recipients.

Curt Gowdy's 23 Halls of Fame honors/inductions:

1. Conservation Hall of Fame International – April 16, 1973
2. Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement – 1973[16]
3. International Fishing Hall of Fame – 1981
4. National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame – 1981
5. Sportswriters & Broadcasters Hall of Fame – 1984
6. Ford C. Frick Award recipient, awarded by the National Baseball Hall of Fame – 1984
7. American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame – 1985
8. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – 1990, Curt Gowdy Media Award recipient
9. Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame – 1990
10. Gold Medal Hall of Fame Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New England
11. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame – 1992
12. Pro Football Hall of Fame – 1993, Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award recipient
13. Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame – 1994
14. American Football League Hall of Fame – 1995
15. University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame – September 25, 1998 [17]
16. Florida Sports Hall of Fame – 1999
17. Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame – 2000[18]
18. Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame – 2001
19. International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame – 2003
20. Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame – 2003
21. Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame – 2004
22. National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame – 2005
23. Rose Bowl Hall of Fame – 2005 inductee (January 3, 2006)

## Curt Gowdy State Park

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A state park in Wyoming, opened in 1971, was officially named for Gowdy on March 27, 1972, one of numerous honors bestowed on the native son from the state of Wyoming on "Curt Gowdy Day." The 11,000 acre (44 km2) Curt Gowdy State Park is halfway between his high school hometown of Cheyenne and his college town of Laramie. Additional land was acquired by the state for the park in 2006. "It has two beautiful lakes, hiking trails, camping, boating, fishing, and beauty," said Gowdy. "It has everything I love. What greater honor can a man receive?"

Gowdy was proud of his Wyoming heritage and loved the outdoors, and said that he was "born with a fly-rod in one hand," and that the sports microphone came a little later. In 2002, he recalled that his father, Edward Curtis Gowdy, who had taught him to hunt and fish, was the best fly-fisherman in the state. "We had free access to prime-time fishing and hunting. The outdoors was a way of life for me. I should have paid them to host The American Sportsman."

On July 31, 2013, on the 94th anniversary of his birth, the state park opened an interpretive center with exhibits about the history of the park and Gowdy's work to preserve area natural resources. Milward Simpson, director of the Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources Department, describes the 7,400-square foot building, which also includes meeting rooms and a lobby, as a monument to the "fantastic legacy" left by Gowdy.[19]

## Death

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Gowdy died at the age of 86 at his winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, after an extended battle with leukemia. His funeral procession circled Fenway Park and he was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pallbearers included his former NBC baseball broadcast partner and New York Yankees shortstop Tony Kubek.

## Curt Gowdy Post Office Building

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On October 12, 2006, the United States Postal Service building in Green River, Wyoming, was officially designated as the "Curt Gowdy Post Office Building," honoring the place of Gowdy's birth. The legislation required for the USPS name change was introduced by Wyoming House Representative Barbara Cubin.[20]

## References

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1. ^ Matt Bohn. "Curt Gowdy". Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
2. ^ "Clicks from the Rails." Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, December 29, 1935, p. 30.
3. ^ "Cowboy Basketball Star Reports for Army Duty July 4." Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune, June 23, 1942, p. 6.
4. ^ John Cronley. "Once Over Lightly." (Oklahoma City) Daily Oklahoman, July 12, 1966, p. 13.
5. ^ "News." Broadcasting, September 17, 1945, p. 72.
6. ^ "Gowdy Announces Plans for Injun Broadcasts." (Oklahoma City) Daily Oklahoman, April 11, 1948, p. 32.
7. ^ "Murphy Takes Post at KOCY." (Oklahoma City) Daily Oklahoman, February 6, 1949, p. B4.
8. ^ "Curtis E. Gowdy and Jerre Dawkins Will Be Married." (Oklahoma City) Daily Oklahoman, February 20, 1949, p. 51.
9. ^ "Curt Gowdy, Jr., SNY, Senior Vice President, Production and Executive Producer : League Technology Summit 2012". Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
10. ^ "Curt Gowdy Replaces Jim Britt as Announcer for Red Sox Games." Hartford Courant, November 4, 1950, p. 11.
11. ^ "10 Oct 1978, 22 - Lexington Herald-Leader at Newspapers.com".
12. ^ "Once upon a time, NBC traded Curt Gowdy for Don Criqui". October 8, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
13. ^ "Gowdy's finest hour was Super Bowl III". The Washington Times. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
14. ^ "Rondinaro remembers Gowdy". www.dci.org. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
15. ^ "Classic Jingle: Curt Gowdy Red Sox Radio Spot". July 1, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
16. ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
17. ^ "1998 University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees." Casper (WY) Star-Tribune, February 22, 1998, p. 27
18. ^ "Red Sox Hall of Fame". MLB.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
19. ^ "Trevor Brown, "Park opens visitors' center as a tribute to Curt Gowdy"". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
20. ^ Pub. L. 109–329 (text) (PDF), H.R. 5224, 120 Stat. 1769, enacted October 12, 2006

## Further reading

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* Gowdy, Curt; Hirschberg, Al (1966). Cowboy at the Mike. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

## External links

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* Curt Gowdy Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
* American Football League Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy's citation
* Curt Gowdy at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
* Curt Gowdy at IMDb
* Ex-Red Sox Broadcaster Curt Gowdy Dies
* "Curt Gowdy dies at 86". The Boston Globe. February 20, 2006.
* "Sportscaster Curt Gowdy dies at 86". The Boston Globe. February 21, 2006.
* Red Sox mourn the loss of Hall of Fame broadcaster Curt Gowdy[dead link‍] – Boston Red Sox press release
* Sports E-Cyclopedia's Memoriam to Curt Archived June 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
* Curt Gowdy dies at 86 The New York Times February 21, 2006
* In memory of Curt Gowdy – U.S. Senator Craig Thomas February 27, 2006
* Curt Gowdy State Park – 1972 west of Cheyenne, Wyoming
* Curt Gowdy, Milo Hamilton and Vin Scully's Calls of Aaron's 715th Home Run from Archive.org
* Curt Gowdy at Find a Grave

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* Major League Baseball on the radio
* 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season (simulcasts)

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NLCS
* NLDS
* World Series
* Game of the Week

Key figures|

* Marty Brennaman
* Steve Busby
* Jack Buck
* Gary Cohen
* Jerry Coleman
* Win Elliot
* Gene Elston
* Curt Gowdy
* Hank Greenwald
* Ernie Harwell
* Jim Hunter
* Harry Kalas
* Ralph Kiner
* Denny Matthews
* Frank Messer
* Bob Murphy
* Brent Musburger
* Ned Martin
* Lindsey Nelson
* Ross Porter
* Ted Robinson
* John Rooney
* Herb Score
* Vin Scully
* Dick Stockton
* Bill White

| Color commentators|

* Sparky Anderson
* Johnny Bench
* Rick Cerone
* Al Downing
* Steve Garvey
* Brooks Robinson
* Duke Snider
* Jeff Torborg
* Joe Torre

|

Pre-1976 commentators|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Boake Carter
* Bob Elson
* Jack Graney
* Fred Hoey
* Ted Husing
* France Laux

Lore|

* 1978 American League East tie-breaker game
* 1980 National League West tie-breaker game
* 1995 American League West tie-breaker game
* The Double (Seattle Mariners)

| World Series games|

* Babe Ruth's called shot (1932)
* Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning (1977)
* The Call (1985)
* Michael Sergio (1986)
* Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error
* Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run
* Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run

|

LCS games|

* Francisco Cabrera game (1992)
* Jeffrey Maier (1996)

AL Championship Series|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

NL Championship Series|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

AL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

NL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

All-Star Game|

* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

World Series|

* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* ~~1994~~
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

The 1994 World Series was cancelled due to a strike.

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on NBC

Game coverage|

* Major League Baseball on NBC Radio (1927–1938; 1957–1975)
* Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1957–1964; 1966–1989)
* Sunday Afternoon Baseball (1959–1964)
* Monday Night Baseball (1967–1975)
* Baseball Night in America (1994–1995)
* MLB Sunday Leadoff (2022–2023)

| Miscellaneous
programs|

* Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
* Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979–1989) (pregame show)
* USA Network Thursday Night Baseball (1979–1983)

|

Related
articles|

* History
* The Baseball Network
* World Series television ratings
* Television contracts
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s

| NBC's owned
and operated
TV stations|

* W2XBS (later WNBT) (New York Yankees, 1939–1945)
* WCAU 10 (Philadelphia Phillies, 2014–present)
* KCST 39 (later KNSD) (San Diego Padres, 1971–1972; 1984–1986)
* KNTV 11 (San Francisco Giants, 2008–present)

|

NBC Sports|

* Bay Area (San Francisco Giants)
* California (Oakland Athletics)
* Chicago (Chicago Cubs [2004–2019] and White Sox [2004–2024])
* Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies)
* New York (New York Mets)

Sponsors|

* Ford
* Gillette
* National Bohemian

Commentators|

* The Baseball Network
* All-Star Game
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NLCS
* NLDS
* World Series
* Game of the Week
* Prime time

| Play-by-play
announcers|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Jason Benetti
* Buddy Blattner
* Marty Brennaman
* Jack Brickhouse
* Jim Britt
* Jack Buck
* Brendan Burke
* Harry Caray
* Skip Caray
* Bob Carpenter
* Ken Coleman
* Bob Costas
* Dick Enberg
* Bill Enis
* Joe Garagiola
* Curt Gowdy
* Greg Gumbel
* Merle Harmon
* Ernie Harwell
* Al Helfer
* Russ Hodges
* Charlie Jones
* George Kell
* Gene Kelly
* Ned Martin
* Al Michaels
* Jon Miller
* Monte Moore
* Bob Neal
* Lindsey Nelson
* Bill O'Donnell
* Bob Prince
* Jay Randolph
* Phil Rizzuto
* Ted Robinson
* Ray Scott
* Vin Scully
* Jim Simpson
* Charlie Slowes
* Dick Stockton
* Chuck Thompson
* Gary Thorne
* Pete Van Wieren
* Matt Vasgersian
* Bob Wolff
* Jim Woods
* Steve Zabriskie

|

Color
commentators|

* Sal Bando
* Kurt Bevacqua
* Bucky Dent
* Larry Dierker
* Don Drysdale
* Leo Durocher
* Joe Garagiola
* Ken Harrelson
* Fred Haney
* Tommy Hutton
* Jim Kaat
* Sandy Koufax
* Tony Kubek
* Ron Luciano
* John Lowenstein
* Mickey Mantle
* Tim McCarver
* Willie McCovey
* Joe Morgan
* Bobby Murcer
* Wes Parker
* Freddie Patek
* Pee Wee Reese
* Al Rosen
* Tom Seaver
* Mike Shannon
* Joe Torre
* Bob Uecker
* Bill Veeck
* Maury Wills

Guest
commentators|

* Rick Dempsey
* Barry Larkin
* Ronald Reagan
* Mike Schmidt
* Don Sutton
* Bobby Valentine

Hosts|

* Mike Adamle
* Marv Albert
* Len Berman
* Jimmy Cefalo
* Ahmed Fareed
* Gayle Gardner
* Bryant Gumbel
* Bill Macatee
* Keith Olbermann
* Ahmad Rashad
* Hannah Storm

Field reporters|

* Johnny Bench
* Jim Gray
* Jimmy Roberts
* Craig Sager
* Bob Wischusen

Lore|

| Regular season
games|

* #715 (1974)
* "The Sandberg Game" (1984)

|

Tie-breaker games|

* 1951 National League tie-breaker series (Games 2–3)
* 1962 National League tie-breaker series

LCS games|

* "Go crazy folks!" (1985)
* Jeffrey Maier (1996)
* "Grand Slam Single" (1999)

World Series
games|

* Subway Series
* "The Catch" (1954)
* Don Larsen's perfect game (1956)
* Bill Mazeroski's home run (1960)
* "Shoe polish incident" (1969)
* "Fisk Waves it Fair" (1975)
* Michael Sergio (1986)
* "It gets through Buckner!" (1986)
* Kirk Gibson's home run (1988)
* All-Century Team (1999)

World Series|

* 1947 (Games 1 and 5)
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1995 (Games 2, 3, and 6)
* 1997
* 1999

AL Championship Series|

* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1995 (Games 3–6)
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000

NL Championship Series|

* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1995 (Games 3–4)
* 1997
* 1999

AL Division Series|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

NL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

All-Star Game|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959: First-Second
* 1960: First-Second
* 1961: First-Second
* 1962: First-Second
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000

Seasons|

| Pre-Game of the Week|

* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956

|

Game of the Week era|

* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965 (All-Star Game and World Series only)
* 1966 (exclusive coverage begins)
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

The Baseball Network era|

* 1994
* 1995

No regular season
coverage|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

MLB Sunday Leadoff era|

* 2022
* 2023

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on NBC Radio

Related programs|

* Major League Baseball on NBC (1947–1989; 1994–2000)

Related articles|

* History
* Major League Baseball on the radio

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* World Series

Key figures|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Buddy Blattner
* Ford Bond
* Marty Brennaman
* Jack Brickhouse
* Warren Brown
* Jack Buck
* Harry Caray
* Phillips Carlin
* Herb Carneal
* Boake Carter
* Ken Coleman
* Dan Daniels
* Jerry Doggett
* Jimmy Dudley
* Bob Elson
* Gene Elston
* Joe Garagiola
* Earl Gillespie
* Curt Gowdy
* Merle Harmon
* Ernie Harwell
* Al Helfer
* Russ Hodges
* Waite Hoyt
* George Kell
* Ralph Kiner
* Sandy Koufax
* Tony Kubek
* John MacLean
* Ned Martin
* Graham McNamee
* Al Michaels
* Monte Moore
* Bob Murphy
* Bob Neal
* Lindsey Nelson
* Bill O'Donnell
* Bob Prince
* Jack Quinlan
* Pee Wee Reese
* Phil Rizzuto
* By Saam
* Vin Scully
* Jim Simpson
* Chuck Thompson
* Ty Tyson
* Blaine Walsh
* Maury Wills
* Bob Wolff

Lore|

* Babe Ruth's called shot
* Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
* Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run

| Tie-breaker games|

* 1962 National League tie-breaker series

|

All-Star Game|

* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959: First-Second
* 1960: First-Second
* 1961: First-Second
* 1962: First-Second
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975

World Series|

* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975

* v
* t
* e

NBA on NBC

Related
programs|

* NBA Showtime
* NBA Inside Stuff
* NBA on USA
* WNBA on NBC

| Non-NBA programs|

* College Basketball on NBC
* Olympics on NBC

|

Related
articles|

* NBA on television (NBA Finals ratings)
* NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
* Like Mike
* 2002 FIBA World Championship

NBC Sports Regional Networks
Bay Area (Golden State Warriors)
Boston (Boston Celtics)
California (Sacramento Kings)
Chicago (Chicago Bulls)
Northwest (Portland Trail Blazers)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia 76ers)

* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1990s
* 2000s

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* NBA Finals
* WNBA Finals

Key figures|

| Play-by-play|

* Marv Albert
* Mike Breen
* Bob Costas
* Don Criqui
* Dick Enberg
* Greg Gumbel
* Tom Hammond
* Dan Hicks
* Jim Lampley
* Joel Meyers
* Bob Neal
* Paul Sunderland

|

Color
commentators|

* Quinn Buckner
* P. J. Carlesimo
* Doug Collins
* Chuck Daly
* Mike Dunleavy Sr.
* Cotton Fitzsimmons
* Mike Fratello
* Matt Guokas
* Dan Issel
* Steve Jones
* Magic Johnson
* Joe Lapchick
* Ann Meyers
* Ron Rothstein
* Isiah Thomas
* Bill Walton

Sideline reporters|

* Bruce Beck
* Jim Gray
* Lewis Johnson
* Marion Jones
* Andrea Joyce
* Lisa Malosky
* Ahmad Rashad
* Summer Sanders
* Hannah Storm
* Chris Wragge

Studio analysts|

* Pat Croce
* Julius Erving
* Kevin Johnson
* Pat Riley
* John Salley
* Tom Tolbert
* Peter Vecsey
* Jayson Williams

Play-by-play (1954–62)|

* Jerry Doggett
* Marty Glickman
* Jim Gordon
* Curt Gowdy
* Bill O'Donnell
* Bud Palmer
* Lindsey Nelson
* Bob Wolff

NBA Finals|

* 1955 (Games 2, 6)
* 1956 (Game 1)
* 1957 (Games 1, 7)
* 1958 (Game 1)
* 1959 (Games 1–2)
* 1960 (Games 1, 3–4, 7)
* 1961 (Games 1, 3–4)
* 1962 (Games 1–2)
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002

| WNBA Finals|

* 1997 (single game)
* 1998 (Games 1–2)
* 1999 (Games 2–3)
* 2000 (Game 2)
* 2001 (Game 2)
* 2002 (Game 2)

|

All-Star Game|

* 1959
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002

Lore|

*     * "Roundball Rock"
* Christmas Day
* O.J. Simpson's low-speed freeway chase
* The Clock Incident (1994)
* Clutch City
* Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals
* Memorial Day Miracle

| Rivalries|

* Bulls–Knicks
* Bulls–Pistons
* Heat–Knicks
* Jazz–Rockets

|

McDonald's
Championship|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997

* v
* t
* e

Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1984

BBWAA Vote|

* Luis Aparicio (84.6%)
* Don Drysdale (78.4%)
* Harmon Killebrew (83.1%)

Veterans Committee|

* Rick Ferrell
* Pee Wee Reese

J. G. Taylor Spink Award|

* Ken Smith

Ford C. Frick Award|

* Curt Gowdy

* v
* t
* e

Ford C. Frick Award

* 1978: Allen & Barber
* 1979: Elson
* 1980: Hodges
* 1981: Harwell
* 1982: Scully
* 1983: Brickhouse
* 1984: Gowdy
* 1985: Canel
* 1986: Prince
* 1987: Buck
* 1988: Nelson
* 1989: Caray
* 1990: Saam
* 1991: Garagiola
* 1992: Hamilton
* 1993: Thompson
* 1994: Murphy
* 1995: Wolff
* 1996: Carneal
* 1997: Dudley
* 1998: Jarrín
* 1999: McDonald
* 2000: Brennaman
* 2001: Ramírez
* 2002: Kalas
* 2003: Uecker
* 2004: Simmons
* 2005: Coleman
* 2006: Elston
* 2007: Matthews
* 2008: Niehaus
* 2009: Kubek
* 2010: Miller
* 2011: Van Horne
* 2012: McCarver
* 2013: Cheek
* 2014: Nadel
* 2015: Enberg
* 2016: McNamee
* 2017: King
* 2018: Costas
* 2019: Helfer
* 2020: Harrelson
* 2021: Michaels
* 2022: Graney
* 2023: Hughes
* 2024: Castiglione

* v
* t
* e

Curt Gowdy Media Award

Electronic|

* 1990: Gowdy
* 1991: Glickman
* 1992: Hearn
* 1993: Most
* 1994: Ledford
* 1995: Enberg
* 1996: Packer
* 1997: Albert
* 1998: Vitale
* 1999: Costas
* 2000: Brown
* 2001: Stockton
* 2002: Nantz
* 2003: Hundley
* 2004: Falkenstien
* 2005: Campbell
* 2006: Raftery
* 2007: McCoy
* 2008: Wolff
* 2009: Collins
* 2010: Tait
* 2011: Durham
* 2012: Schonely
* 2013: Doucette
* 2014: Andariese
* 2015: Durham
* 2016: Bilas
* 2017: Sager
* 2018: Burke
* 2019: Lawler
* 2020: Breen
* 2021: Gorman
* 2022: Frazier
* 2023: Rowe
* 2024: Antonelli

Print|

* 1990: Herbert
* 1991: Dorr
* 1992: Goldaper
* 1993: Lewin
* 1994: Koppett
* 1995: Hammel
* 1996: Hentzen
* 1997: Ryan
* 1998: Donald & Weiss
* 1999: Barrier
* 2000: Kindred
* 2001: Kirkpatrick
* 2002: O'Connell
* 2003: Hartman
* 2004: Jasner
* 2005: McCallum
* 2006: Heisler
* 2007: Moran
* 2008: DuPree
* 2009: Vecsey
* 2010: MacMullan
* 2011: Wolff
* 2012: Smith
* 2013: Feinstein
* 2014: Gilmartin
* 2015: Clarkson
* 2016: Aldridge
* 2017: Araton
* 2018: Bernstein
* 2019: Stein
* 2020: Wilbon
* 2021: Greenberg
* 2022: Voepel
* 2023: Spears
* 2024: Adande

Transformative|

* 2020: Inside the NBA
* 2022: Ebersol
* 2023: CBS Sports
* 2024: NBA Inside Stuff and Slam

Insight|

* 2020: Gray
* 2021: Kalinsky

* v
* t
* e

Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award recipients

* Bill MacPhail (1989)
* Lindsey Nelson (1990)
* Ed Sabol (1991)
* Chris Schenkel (1992)
* Curt Gowdy (1993)
* Pat Summerall (1994)
* Frank Gifford (1995)
* Jack Buck (1996)
* Charlie Jones (1997)
* Val Pinchbeck (1998)
* Dick Enberg (1999)
* Ray Scott (2000)
* Roone Arledge (2001)
* John Madden (2002)
* Don Criqui (2003)
* Van Miller (2004)
* Myron Cope (2005)
* Lesley Visser (2006)
* Don Meredith (2007)
* Dan Dierdorf (2008)
* Irv Cross (2009)
* Chris Berman (2010)
* Jim Nantz (2011)
* Len Dawson (2012)
* Al Michaels (2013)
* Bob Trumpy (2014)
* Tom Jackson (2015)
* James Brown (2016)
* David Hill (2017)
* Andrea Kremer (2018)
* Dick Ebersol (2019)
* Joe Buck (2020)
* John Facenda (2021)
* Howard Katz (2022)
* Fred Gaudelli (2023)
* Merrill Reese (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Sports Lifetime Achievement Award

* Jim McKay (1989)
* Lindsey Nelson (1990)
* Curt Gowdy (1991)
* Chris Schenkel (1992)
* Pat Summerall (1993)
* Howard Cosell (1994)
* Vin Scully (1995)
* Frank Gifford (1996)
* Jim Simpson (1997)
* Keith Jackson (1998)
* Jack Buck (1999)
* Dick Enberg (2000)
* Herb Granath (2001)
* Roone Arledge (2002)
* Ed Sabol and Steve Sabol (2003)
* Chet Simmons (2004)
* Bud Greenspan (2005)
* Don Ohlmeyer (2006)
* Frank Chirkinian (2007)
* Dick Ebersol (2008)
* John Madden (2009)
* Al Michaels (2010)
* Jack Whitaker (2011)
* Not awarded (2012)
* Ted Turner (2013)
* George Bodenheimer (2014)
* Verne Lundquist (2015)
* Brent Musburger (2016)
* Barry Frank (2017)
* Not awarded (2018)
* Dick Vitale (2019)
* Not awarded (2020)
* Lesley Visser (2021)
* Bryant Gumbel (2022)
* James Brown (2023)

* v
* t
* e

New York Yankees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Inducted as a Yankee|

* Yogi Berra
* Jack Chesbro
* Earle Combs
* Joe DiMaggio
* Bill Dickey
* Whitey Ford
* Lou Gehrig
* Lefty Gomez
* Joe Gordon
* Goose Gossage
* Derek Jeter
* Waite Hoyt
* Reggie Jackson
* Tony Lazzeri
* Mickey Mantle
* Mariano Rivera
* Phil Rizzuto
* Red Ruffing
* Babe Ruth

Inductees who played
for the Yankees|

* Home Run Baker
* Wade Boggs
* Roger Bresnahan
* Frank Chance
* Stan Coveleski
* Clark Griffith
* Burleigh Grimes
* Bucky Harris
* Rickey Henderson
* Catfish Hunter
* Randy Johnson
* Jim Kaat
* Willie Keeler
* Joe McGinnity
* John McGraw
* Johnny Mize
* Mike Mussina
* Phil Niekro
* Herb Pennock
* Gaylord Perry
* Tim Raines
* Branch Rickey
* Wilbert Robinson
* Iván Rodríguez
* Joe Sewell
* Enos Slaughter
* Lee Smith
* Dazzy Vance
* Paul Waner
* Dave Winfield

Yankees' managers|

* Miller Huggins
* Bob Lemon
* Joe McCarthy
* Casey Stengel
* Joe Torre

Others|

* Ed Barrow
* Larry MacPhail
* Lee MacPhail
* George Weiss

Ford C. Frick Award|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Buck Canel
* Jerry Coleman
* Joe Garagiola
* Curt Gowdy
* Al Helfer
* Russ Hodges

* v
* t
* e

Boston Red Sox in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Inducted as a Red Sox|

* Wade Boggs
* Jimmy Collins
* Joe Cronin
* Bobby Doerr
* Rick Ferrell
* Carlton Fisk
* Jimmie Foxx
* Lefty Grove
* Harry Hooper
* Pedro Martínez
* David Ortiz
* Herb Pennock
* Jim Rice
* Ted Williams
* Carl Yastrzemski

Inductees who played
for the Red Sox|

* Luis Aparicio
* Adrián Beltré
* Lou Boudreau
* Jesse Burkett
* Orlando Cepeda
* Jack Chesbro
* Andre Dawson
* Dennis Eckersley
* Rickey Henderson
* Waite Hoyt
* Ferguson Jenkins
* George Kell
* Heinie Manush
* Juan Marichal
* Tony Pérez
* Red Ruffing
* Babe Ruth
* Tom Seaver
* Al Simmons
* Lee Smith
* John Smoltz
* Tris Speaker
* Dick Williams
* Cy Young

Red Sox managers|

* Lou Boudreau
* Joe McCarthy
* Dick Williams

Other|

* Tom Yawkey

Ford C. Frick Award|

* Joe Castiglione
* Curt Gowdy
* Bob Murphy
* Ken Harrelson

* v
* t
* e

Members of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Charter inductees|

* Eddie Collins
* Jimmy Collins
* Joe Cronin
* Bobby Doerr
* Rick Ferrell
* Jimmie Foxx
* Lefty Grove
* Harry Hooper
* Herb Pennock
* Red Ruffing
* Babe Ruth
* Tris Speaker
* Ted Williams
* Carl Yastrzemski
* Tom Yawkey
* Cy Young

Additional inductees
(chronological)|

* Class of 1995: Tony Conigliaro
* Dom DiMaggio
* Frank Malzone
* Johnny Pesky
* Jim Rice
* Smoky Joe Wood
* Jean R. Yawkey
* Class of 1997: Carlton Fisk
* Dick O'Connell
* Mel Parnell
* Rico Petrocelli
* Dick Radatz
* Luis Tiant
* Class of 2000: Ken Coleman
* Dwight Evans
* Larry Gardner
* Curt Gowdy
* Jackie Jensen
* Ned Martin
* Bill Monbouquette
* Reggie Smith
* Bob Stanley
* Class of 2002: Rick Burleson
* Boo Ferriss
* Lou Gorman
* John Harrington
* Tex Hughson
* Duffy Lewis
* Jim Lonborg
* Fred Lynn
* Class of 2004: Wade Boggs
* Bill Carrigan
* Dennis Eckersley
* Billy Goodman
* Bruce Hurst
* Ben Mondor
* Pete Runnels
* Haywood Sullivan
* Class of 2006: Dick Bresciani
* Ellis Kinder
* Joe Morgan
* Jerry Remy
* George Scott
* Vern Stephens
* Dick Williams
* Class of 2008: George Digby
* Wes Ferrell
* Mike Greenwell
* Edward F. Kenney Sr.
* Bill Lee
* Everett Scott
* Frank Sullivan
* Mo Vaughn
* Class of 2010: Tommy Harper
* Eddie Kasko
* Jimmy Piersall
* John Valentin
* Don Zimmer
* Class of 2012: Marty Barrett
* Ellis Burks
* Joe Dobson
* Dutch Leonard
* Joe Mooney
* Curt Schilling
* John I. Taylor
* Class of 2014: Joe Castiglione
* Roger Clemens
* Nomar Garciaparra
* Pedro Martínez
* Class of 2016: Ira Flagstead
* Larry Lucchino
* Jason Varitek
* Tim Wakefield
* Class of 2018: Buck Freeman
* Al Green
* Derek Lowe
* Mike Lowell
* Kevin Youkilis
* Class of 2020: Bill Dinneen
* Dan Duquette
* Rich Gedman
* David Ortiz
* Manny Ramirez
* Class of 2024: Trot Nixon
* Jonathan Papelbon
* Dustin Pedroia
* Elaine Weddington Steward

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