Forget football, he was the greatest basketball radio announcer I have ever heard. Some of his mid 70s and early 80s broadcasts in the days of Ernie, Bernie and Dale Ellis are on Youtube and they are still thrilling to listen to for a Vol fan.
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2 posted on
06/21/2018 1:13:45 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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3 posted on
06/21/2018 1:14:49 PM PDT by
Huskrrrr
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Radio stations all across Tennessee are playing “Rocky Top” in his honor.
4 posted on
06/21/2018 1:14:59 PM PDT by
Obadiah
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I remember the call when we missed the FG in OT in 1998, “No Sir-ee!”
5 posted on
06/21/2018 1:15:07 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“Forget football, he was the greatest basketball radio announcer I have ever heard”
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Ever hear Johnny Most?
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6 posted on
06/21/2018 1:15:29 PM PDT by
Mears
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Yea, I was around there. He liked Michael Brooks from the top of the key as well. Reggie Johnson and his great steal from 35ft.
“Bottom!” The old Stokely Center. RIP John Ward.
8 posted on
06/21/2018 1:24:14 PM PDT by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
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There have been very few like him. Rest in Peace John Ward.
9 posted on
06/21/2018 1:24:20 PM PDT by
deoetdoctrinae
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11 posted on
06/21/2018 1:27:33 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Basketball was his start but by 1980 his "It's FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE" was all his own. The stadium was growing and had only the north end to finish.
Bobby Denton had the booming voice over the PA and it was just a fun time for all.
Last game I went to they were playing rap (2005) and it was the last game for me.
13 posted on
06/21/2018 1:31:18 PM PDT by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: Colonel Kangaroo
Grunfeld from the corner......Bottom!
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