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RIP Sports Broadcaster Keith Jackson
Voice of college football for over 50 years. Also broadcasted MLB, PGA, NBA, NFL, Auto Racing, Boxing, Olympics, etc. Nicknamed the Rose Bowl "The Granddaddy of Them All" & Michigan Stadium "The Big House", also coined expressions like "Whoa, Nellie" & "Big Uglies". The first play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football. Awarded National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame gold medal & Amos Alonzo Stagg Award from the American Football Coaches Association, and named in Rose Bowl Hall of Fame & American Sportscaster Hall of Fame. Has departed peacefully at 89.
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Please don't shoot me Mr. Big Mike. I'm too young and good-looking to die, well too young. I got a father, I got a mother, I got a grandmother, I got a little sister...and a little brother this high (raises hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand) and then I got a great big brother this high (slaps gun and runs). "Fright Night" - Three Stooges |
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