Curt Gowdy

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human sportscaster television personality

Curt Gowdy was a prominent American sportscaster renowned for his play-by-play coverage of major events across multiple sports on network television from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → sportscaster → television personality →
activeYearsInBroadcasting	1940s–1980s →
almaMater	University of Wyoming →
awardReceived	Curt Gowdy Media Award (namesake honor) → Ford C. Frick Award →
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
coveredEvent	AFL Championship Games → All-Star Games (MLB) → NCAA Final Four → Olympic Games coverage → Super Bowl I → Super Bowl III → Super Bowl IX NERFINISHED → World Series →
dateOfBirth	1919-07-31 →
dateOfDeath	2006-02-20 →
employer	ABC Sports → CBS Radio → NBC Sports →
familyName	Gowdy →
fullName	Curtis Edward Gowdy →
genre	sports broadcasting →
givenName	Curtis →
honoredBy	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame → National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum →
knownFor	play-by-play announcing of American football → play-by-play announcing of Major League Baseball → play-by-play announcing of college basketball →
militaryService	United States Army Air Forces →
namesakeOf	Curt Gowdy State Park →
notableAchievement	one of the first national network TV sportscasters to cover multiple major sports →
notableWork	The American Sportsman →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	radio announcer → sportscaster → television announcer →
placeOfBirth	Green River, Wyoming, United States →
placeOfDeath	Palm Beach, Florida, United States →
sportsSpecialty	American football → baseball → basketball → outdoor sports →
spouse	Geraldine Dawkins →
stateParkLocation	between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, United States →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Super Bowl III → Super Bowl IX → Super Bowl VII →	announcer
Ford C. Frick Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Curt Gowdy Media Award →	namedAfter
1975 World Series →	televisionAnnouncer
Super Bowl XIII →	tvAnnouncersUS