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Originally Posted by craigbraddick
Hi People!
I have been writing a large work that I hope will be completed in the next twenty four months regarding the development of sports announcing on Television from the UK from 1948-1972.
Along similar lines I would like to do a project between now and mid summer along the lines of exploring the race calls and impact of say 5-10 US Track Announcers whose careers finished more than 15-20 years ago. If you have ideas for names you would like to see included, please post below. I think I am going to start with Clem McCarthy whose few race calls I have heard sound very distinctive and also Joe Hernandez.
However, your thoughts and ideas of US callers to look whose careers finished more than 15-20 years ago is very much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Hernandez is really important because he's the first guy who really figured out just how to put together a race call so it sounded coherent.
McCarthy was the first great national radio caller.
Dave Johnson: most important race caller of my lifetime- announced NYRA, Santa Anita, called a ton of Triple Crown races and big races on ABC/ESPN
Chic Anderson, Jack Drees, and Bryan Field were really important for their television work.
Fred Capossela was not only important as NYRA's first really important race-caller, but also called many of the early televised Derbies.
Those strike me as the big ones.
If you want to go beyond that:
Marshall Cassidy: longtime NYRA voice; took over for Chic Anderson; called races for CBS
Harry Henson: original announcer at Longacres, announced at Arlington, then at Hollywood Park and Del Mar
Hal Moore: announced at Hollywood Park
Tod Creed and John Gibson: longtime announcers at Bay Meadows/Golden Gate Fields
Gary Henson: Harry's son, longtime announcer at Longacres
Phil Georgeff: longtime announcer at Arlington
Ross Morton: longtime announcer at Gulfstream/Hialeah
Bob Weems: longtime announcer at Monmouth
Alan Buchdahl: announced Oak Tree and Hollywood Park; called many of the important races in John Henry's career
Roy Shudt: most important harness announcer of all time- called a ton of races on television in the 1950's/1960's and was track announcer at numerous successful harness tracks.
Bobby Doyle: original announcer of quarter horses at Los Al
Terry Gilligan: replaced Hernandez at Santa Anita; longtime quarter horse announcer at Los Al
Edit: of the people others mentioned, I would go with Luke Kruytbosch. He called Derbies and Hollywood Park and was important.