Curt Gowdy, famously known as the Voice of Boston Red Sox, was born on 31st July, 1919. He was born in Wyoming, but grew up in Cheyenne. When he was just 6 years old, his parents relocated themselves and settled in Cheyenne, with Curtis. He died in the year 2006, after fighting with leukemia for many years. But during his life time, he managed to earn all the fame and name, a common man wishes for. His was no less than a dream for many. He was a very famous and respected sportscaster. He had a huge fan following and managed to win hearts all over the world.
Curt, during his school days used to play basketball and was one of the highest scorers of his team. After completing schooling, he applied for a degree course in Laramie's University of Wyoming. Since his childhood, Curt dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot. But during one of his basketball matches he met with an injury and ruptured his disk very badly. He was medically unfit, and this bought an end to his dreams of joining the army. But life has planned something better for him. This is why, after becoming healthy and fit he unveiled his sport casting talent, by announcing a football game in Cheyenne.
After this experience, he realized that he is good at broadcasting and this is how Curt Gowdy found his passion. After his debut, he managed to get many offers for announcing play by play matches for many tournaments at college levels. But it was in 1949, that Curt Gowdy got a chance to broadcast Major League Baseball for New York Yankees along with Mel Allen. In year 1951, he was hired as a lead announcer for Boston Red Sox. He worked with Red Sox for over 15 years and even today he is remembered as the voice of Boston Red Sox.
In early 1960s, he worked for many television series for
ABC-TV. He joined
NBC sports in 1965, where he worked for the next 10 years of his life. He announced many big matches and tournaments as the lead announcer. During his working period, he called Olympic Games of 1964, hosted and produced 'The Way It Was' and also gave some memorable moments in the 'Inside the NFL', which was aired on HBO.
He said goodbye to broadcasting in 1985, but continued to take up small assignments from time to time. He wrote a couple of books and won over 25 awards in his career. He was married to Jerre Dawkins, whom he met in Oklahoma, in 1946. The couple had 4 children. Curt was diagnosed with leukemia, a type of blood cancer and he battled with it for many years, but he couldn't survive. He died in 2006, in his Palm Beach house in Florida. In his memory, the building of the United States Postal Service was authoritatively named as the Curt Gowdy Post Office Building.
