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Curt Gowdy (born July 31, 1919, in Green River, Wyoming) is a Radio-TV sportscaster.
Well known as the longtime "Voice of the Red Sox," Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in 1944 in Cheyenne, Wyoming in a football game. His distinctive play-by-play style during his subsequent broadcasts of baseball in Oklahoma City earned him a chance with the New York Yankees and Mel Allen in 1949. Two years later he became head man on the Boston Red Sox broadcast team. He left the Red Sox in 1966 for a ten-year stint as Game of the Week announcer for NBC.
Gowdy's numerous network assignments ran a wide range of sports. He has broadcast TV play-by-play man for AFL, NFL and MLB; 13 World Series and 16 MLB All-Stars games; Super Bowls, Rose Bowls, Olympics Games and NCAA Final Fours for all 3 networks, and hosted the "American Sportsman" series.
Curt Gowdy was the 1984 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award and was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995.
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