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Originally Posted by ScottJ
Retirement date and being out of the game 15-20 years is fine, but getting first hand accounts are going to all the harder. So, I have ignored that to give you all of the memorable callers that I have heard (live or video). My list is no particular order (with some names that many have forgotten):
Fred Caposella
Marty Glickman (YR, 1963-69)
Stan Bergstein (Grand Circuit Meetings)
Jack E. Lee (RR, Freehold, Suffolk Meadows)
"Bullet" Bob Myers (YR, Saratoga)
Max Brewer (MR)
Dick Longtin (Parr Meadows)
Gil Levine (Sportsman's Park)
Tony Salvaro (Maywood)
John Bothe (Meadowlands)
Sam McKee (Starting at Detroit Race Course)
Dave Johnson
Marshall Cassidy
Tom Durkin
Harry Henson
Chick Anderson
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Yes, I have found in the first project I mentioned not many first hand accounts left and even getting samples of their work can be difficult. But that is why I think getting something down now will be better than nothing. And archiving is a real passion of mine.
I may for now not do Durkin, Johnson and Anderson. So much has already been written about them. I am not going down the biographical route with these but trying to be a little more analytical. However, that may change. One thing I have learned doing this kind of project is lines you draw in the sand can quickly be erased! Thanks for your list. Definitely some names to look up there!
