Posted on 01/17/2015 6:19:08 PM PST by massmike
Bob Wilson, the longtime radio voice of the Boston Bruins, died earlier this week. He was 85.
Wilson served as play-by-play announcer and color commentator at different times for the Bruins’ radio broadcasts for more than 20 years, including their Stanley Cup-winning campaign of 1971-72. He retired in 1995.
“On behalf of the Boston Bruins organization, we are saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Wilson,” Bruins president Cam Neely said in a statement. “For a generation of New England hockey fans, Bob’s legendary voice was synonymous with the Bruins and he will always be a part of our club’s history. Our thoughts are with Nancy and their children during this difficult time.”
Wilson was honored with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 1987, earning him a place in the broadcasters’ wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Arlington, Massachusetts native was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007; in 2011, the Bruins officially named the home radio booth at the TD Garden the “Bob Wilson Radio Booth.”
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My condolences as a Hockey Fan.
Thanks for posting. I was a kid back then when Bob Wilson was announcing and the Bruins were at the top of the sports world. Orr, Sanderson, Esposito. . . great memories. RIP Bob.
R.I.P.
I go back to Milt Schmidt.
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I remember when the Boston Bruins lost 4-3 to the Quebec Nordiques on February 8, 1981. I was at that game and sat right near the booth where Bob Wilson was announcing from.. And then I went to Parris Island for boot camp two days later. It was the last hockey game I ever attended.
“. And then I went to Parris Island for boot camp two days later. “
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My youngest headed off to Parris Island 5 years later.
Seems like yesterday.
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He was, by all accounts, a very nice guy.
I recall years ago, driving the roads of New England with friends when we were away from our known stations, going up and down the dial trying to find the Bruins game.
When we hit a station with his voice, we could recognize it INSTANTLY even if we only hear one or two words, and knew it was the Bob Wilson.
RIP Bob, and thank you.
Ah, those were the days. Remember Bergeron, popping a vessel in his brain, chewing on a fist in the French fashion when he was extremely upset...
The Stasny Brothers...The Adams Division.
Yep. Hockey was a lot of fun back then.
RIP.
I grew up listening to Bob. RIP
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