1964-10-11, NBC, 17 min.
Excerpts from game 4 of the 1964 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. Ken Boyer's sixth-inning grand slam home run brought the Cardinals back from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 Cardinal win, to even the series at two games apiece. The Cardinals would go on to win the Fall Classic in seven games.
Note: This is the first time the NBC television network would use sportscaster Curt Gowdy to do play-by-play of the series. He's joined by Cardinal announcer Harry Caray. Long time Yankee announcer Mel Allen was dropped from World Series play-by-play by NBC following the 1963 World Series when he would broadcast baseball's premier event for the final time.
1964-10-15, WNBC, 34 min.
The Cardinals win in the seventh game. Coverage of the play-by-play is done by Curt Gowdy, from the last of the eighth inning. This was the first World Series covered by Gowdy, who would continue to call the play-by-play for NBC through 1975. Clubhouse interviews by Harry Caray with Bob Gibson, owner Gussie Busch, National League President Warren Giles, Tim McCarver, Ken Boyer, Dick Groat, Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick, Lou Brock and Mike Shannon. Curt Gowdy wraps up the broadcast.
1967-10-12, WNBC, 45 min.
Harry Caray gives opening introductions from Fenway Park in Boston for the seventh and final game of the series. We hear pre-game comments from co-broadcaster Pee Wee Reese. Caray does the play-by-play for the last of the eighth inning. Reese does the play-by-play with co-broadcaster Jim Simpson for the ninth inning. From the victorious St. Louis clubhouse, Caray interviews Bob Gibson, President of the National League, Warren Giles, General Manager of the Cardinals, Stan Musial, Manager Red Schoendienst, Gussie Busch, Julian Javier, Roger Maris, Orlando Cepeda, Dal Maxvill, Tim McCarver, Mike Shannon, Nelson Brown, Joe Horner, Joe Schiltz, Lou Brock and Billy Muffett. We return to the booth with Curt Gowdy and Ken Coleman commenting and recapping the game.
1968-09-14, WNBC, 9 min.
The last out on NBC's Game of the Week, with Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese, is heard. Sandy Koufax interviews McLain after the game. There is a summary of the game's results as Denny McLain becomes the first 30 game winner since Dizzy Dean did it in 1934.
1968-10-05, NBC, min.
Live excerpt from game 3 of the 1968 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals win 7-3.
Announcers: Curt Gowdy and George Kell.
1968-10-09, WNBC, 67 min.
Harry Caray does the play-by-play at the conclusion of a 10 run Detroit third inning in this 6th game of the series. Curt Gowdy does the play-by-play from the Detroit 8th inning. During a rain delay, Gowdy recaps the record third inning, batter by batter, when 15 men came to the plate. Gowdy and Caray discuss tommorow's 7th game. Tony Kubek talks to Mickey Lolich in the Tiger dugout. For the 7th game, Caray's play-by-play from the seventh inning is heard. Detroit wins 4 to 1. From the Detroit Tigers clubhouse, Ernie Harwell interviews Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert, Manager for Detroit Mayo Smith, Denny McLain, Willie Horton, Al Kaline, Mickey Lolich, American League President Joe Cronin, Dick McCullough, Bill Freehan, Jim Northrup and Jim Price. Harry Caray and Curt Gowdy summarize the series. Gowdy signs off.
1969-01-01, NBC, min.
Live coverage of the 1969 Rose Bowl game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the USC Trojans in Pasadena, California. Ohio State defeated USC 27-16 to win the 1968 National College Football Championship. Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote are the commentators.
1969-01-12, WNBC, 203 min.
The AFL's New York Jets meet the NFL's Baltimore Colts in the third annual Super Bowl. Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote, Jim Simpson and Al De Rogatis report live from the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. There is a pre-game program show with players being interviewed and projections being made. There is a pre-game show on the field. The Apollo 8 astronauts pledge allegiance to the flag and the beginning of Super Bowl III is underway. Baltimore is shut down by the Jets in the first half 7 to 0. Halftime ceremonies praise the "spirit" of America with colorful floats and words of tribute. Bob Hope is interviewed by Jim Simpson on the playing field, as the second half begins. Joe Namath is named Most Valuable Player as the Jets upset the Colts 16 to 7.
To date, Television's broadcast of Super Bowl I and II are "lost" video presentations that the public can presently view or listen to in its entirety.
NOTE: Super Bowl 3 is currently uploaded and viewable on You Tube. It runs for 130 minutes. The ATA version recorded off the air, at the time of the original broadcast runs for 203 minutes (33 more minutes of broadcast time). It includes the opening NBC Peacock.
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Most of the first Super Bowl in 1967 was lost to history - until a dusty copy of the broadcast was found in a Pennsylvania attic IN 2005. Now it's in legal limbo.
Jack Whitaker was a play-by-play announcer for the very first Super Bowl, back before the "Super" name even stuck. Yet he never had a copy of his own broadcast. He passed away at the age of 95 in August, 2019.
Once he stated, "All I have is what's in my memory,"
Neither CBS, where Whitaker worked during the 1967 game, or the other network that televised it that year, NBC, have recordings of the match up between the Packers and the Chiefs.
There are snippets of tape available, mostly from the sidelines, but most of the game has been lost to history until a man found a copy in an attic in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and came forward with it in 2005.
For the past 18 years the man's incredible discovery is in a sort of legal limbo, and the tape is yet to be seen by the public.
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The Paley Center for Media, a cultural organization, restored the recording -- originally on two-inch quadruplex tapes -- but "we keep it locked up in a vault," said Ron Simon, Paley's curator.
Simon has seen the whole game -- complete with an interview of Packers coach Vince Lombardi at the end. He called it "a remarkable document."
"It's really a history of what the game is," he said.
But he needs the permission of the man who found the recording, and "maybe the NFL's permission too," to screen it for anyone else. Steven Harwood is an attorney for the man, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Harwood said he'd like to strike a deal with the NFL, which has a copyright on the game. But he suggested that the two sides don't see eye to eye about the tape's worth.
"We feel being compensated for preserving it for all these years is certainly a reasonable thing to do," he said in a 2015 interview.
Harwood cited what Sports Illustrated wrote in 2005 when it listed the tape as one of the sports world's 25 "lost treasures" -- an estimated value of "more than $1 million."
"To put that in perspective, the going price for a 30 second commercial in the 2023 Super Bowl cost 7 million dollars.
Super Bowl II has recently partially been found related to the live television broadcast, January 14, 1968.
In recent years, it has been alleged that a copy was found in the vault of NFL Films and that said copy was being restored for re-release, although this claim has not been confirmed and has apparently been directly denied by an NFL Films employee.
Despite this, a reconstructed copy showed up on YouTube in March 2013, using still photographs, video snippets and the entire, unedited audio track of the radio broadcast, although it has since been removed due to a copyright claim by the NFL. It is currently unclear as to how said audio was obtained by the uploader, "LambeauPackerBacker", in the first place.
1970-10-15, WNBC, 38 min.
Baltimore announcer Chuck Thompson does the play-by-play coverage from the Reds top of the eighth inning with the score 7 to 3 Orioles in the fifth game of the series. Curt Gowdy does the "color" commentary. Tony Kubek talks to American League President Joe Cronin in the stands. Gowdy does the play-by-play in the top of the ninth. From the victorious Orioles clubhouse, Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn presents the championship trophy to Orioles' Manager Earl Weaver. Chuck Thompson interviews Executive Vice President of the Orioles, Frank Cashen, General Manager Harry Dalton, Earl Weaver, Mike Cueller, Brooks Robinson, Manager of the Cincinnati Reds Sparky Anderson, Mark Belanger, Frank Robinson, Dave McNally, Bat Boy Jay Mazone, Jim Hardin, Chico Salmon, Marcelino Lopez, Curt Motton, Pete Richert, Bobby Gritch and Paul Blair. Gowdy signs off the air.
1971-10-17, WNBC, 43 min.
Curt Gowdy does the play-by-play from the top of the 8th inning with the score 1 to 0 Pirates in this seventh and final game of the Series. Chuck Thompson and Tony Kubek do the "color" commentary. From the victorious Pirates Clubhouse, Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn presents the championship trophy to Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh. Bob Prince interviews Steve Blass, Roberto Clemente, Chairman of the Board John Galbreath, President of the Pirates Danny Galbreath, Mayor of Pittsburgh Pete Flaherty, Governor Milton Schapp, and Bruce Keeson. Curt Gowdy wraps up the broadcast.
1972-02-01, NBC, min.
Live coverage of the 1972 Winter Olympic Games from Sapporo, Japan. Coverage from February 1st, 1972 thru February 13th, 1972.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1972-09-30, WRGB, 171 min.
Al Kaline leads a 16-hit Detroit Tiger attack with four hits and an eighth inning home run as the American League Western Division champion Detroit Tigers pummel the Milwaukee Brewers 13-4 at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Joe Coleman wins his 19th game of the year and George Scott connects for his 20th homer of the year in the sixth inning for the Brewers. Tony Kubek interviews Al Kaline and Duke Sims, who also homered in the eighth inning, following the game. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek. Aired on NBC Radio.
1972-10-07, WRGB, 180 min.
Despite home runs by Al Kaline and Norm Cash, the Oakland A's defeat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in 11 innings in game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Kaline's 11th inning home run gives the Tigers a temporary 2-1 lead, but the A's score two runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to win it. Rollie Fingers pitches the last three innings in relief of A's starter Jim "Catfish" Hunter to gain the victory over Tiger starter Mickey Lolich. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek.
1972-10-08, WRGB, 157 min.
The Oakland A's take a 2-0 lead in the 1972 American League Championship Series with a 5-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Jim Odom pitches a complete game three hit shut out and Bert Campaneris is the hitting star for the A's as he scores two runs and goes three for three. Woody Fryman is the loser for the Tigers. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek.
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INCLUDES BERT CAMPANERIS / LERRIN LaGROW BRAWL.
Bert Campaneris Bat Throwing Incident: 1972 ALCS
In 1972, LaGrow had a 1.32 earned run average (Adjusted ERA+ of 240) in 16 games. He also pitched 1 scoreless inning in Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series against the Oakland Athletics. LaGrow's single inning led to one of the most memorable moments of the 1972 ALCS. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Bert Campaneris came to bat, having had 3 hits, 2 runs scored, and 2 stolen bases in his first 3 at bats in the game. LaGrow's first pitch hit Campaneris in the ankle. Campaneris staggered for a moment, glared at LaGrow and then flung his bat toward LaGrow. The bat spiraled at LaGrow five feet off the ground, but LaGrow ducked, and the bat narrowly missed LaGrow, landing a few feet behind the mound. A bench-clearing brawl ensued, and Tigers manager Billy Martin had to be restrained by umpires and teammates to prevent him from going after Campaneris. Both LaGrow and Campaneries were suspended for the rest of the ALCS.
1972-10-09, WRGB, 143 min.
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in game 3 of the 1972 NL Championship series at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati to take a two games to one lead. Manny Sanguillen is the hitting star for the Pirates, driving in two runs and homering off of Reds starter Gary Nolan in the 5th inning. Pete Rose has three doubles for the Reds in a losing effort. Bruce Kison, who relieved starter Nelson Briles, is the winner for Pittsburgh and Clay Carroll is the losing pitcher for Cincinnati. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek.
1972-10-14, WRGB, 138 min.
Gene Tenace is the hitting star of the game, driving in all three runs with a pair of home runs off of Reds starter Gary Nolan to lead the Oakland A's to a 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds in game 1 of the 1972 World Series at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Ken Holtzman, with relief help from Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue, is the winning pitcher while Gary Nolan absorbs the loss for the Reds. Includes pre-game show with Joe Garagiola. Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Al Michaels.
1972-10-15, WRGB, 138 min.
The Oakland A's make it two in a row over the Cincinnati Reds by winning game 2 of the 1972 World Series 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Jim "Catfish" Hunter defeats Ross Grimsley as the A's take a 2-0 series lead. Includes pre-game show with Joe Garagiola.
Prior to the game there is a special ceremony. Jackie Robinson is honored and throws out the first pitch. Many of his family, teammates and friends join Jackie on the field. Robinson speaks to the country for 65 seconds proclaiming that he would love to see one day a black manager in the major leagues. Robinson would pass away nine days later, October 24, 1972, at the age of 53.
Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Al Michaels. Includes post-game show and football scoreboard with Pat Hearn and Dick Schapp.
1972-10-15, WRGB, 146 min.
The Oakland A's make it two in a row over the Cincinnati Reds by winning game 2 of the 1972 World Series 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Jim "Catfish" Hunter defeats Ross Grimsley as the A's take a 2-0 series lead. Includes pre-game show with Joe Garagiola.
Prior to the game there is a special ceremony, with Red Barber at the microphone. Jackie Robinson is honored and throws out the first pitch. Many of his family, teammates and friends join Jackie on the field. Robinson speaks to the country for 65 seconds proclaiming that he would love to see one day a black manager in the major leagues. Robinson would pass away nine days later, October 24, 1972, at the age of 53.
Announcers are Curt Gowdy and Al Michaels. Includes post-game show and football scoreboard with Pat Hearn and Dick Schapp.
1972-10-21, WNBC, 57 min.
Curt Gowdy does the play-by-play from the top of the 7th inning in this final seventh World Series game with the score Oakland 3, Cincinnati 1. Tony Kubek does the "color" commentary. From the winning A's clubhouse, Monte Moore interviews Gene Tenace, Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn presents the championship trophy to Owner Charles O. Finley and to Sal Bando. Moore and Kubek interview manager Dick Williams, Joe Rudi, Angel Mangual and Vida Blue. Gowdy wraps up the broadcast.
1973-10-14, NBC, min.
Game 2 of the 1973 World Series between the New York Mets and Oakland A's. The Mets defeat the A's in 12 innings 10-7, to even the series at one game apiece.
1973-10-21, WNBC, 40 min.
Curt Gowdy does the play-by-play from the Mets top of the eighth inning in this seventh and deciding game. Tony Kubek and Monte Moore interview the victorious Oakland team from their clubhouse. They interview owner Charles O. Finley, who congratulates team captain Sal Bando. Also interviewed are manager Dick Williams, Joe Rudi and Reggie Jackson, who reveals there was a threat on his life by the "Weatherman" terrorist group. He also gives praise to Dick Williams. Moore interviews Darold Knowles, Rollie Fingers, Sal Bando and Bert Campaneris. Gowdy wraps up the broadcast.
1974-04-08, NBC & CBS, 41 min.
A special Monday Night Baseball presentation with pre-game ceremonies salutes Henry Aaron who speaks to a full house from Atlanta, Georgia before the game. Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek are in the Broadcasting Booth. The National Anthem is sung by Miss Pearl Bailey for this Brave and Dodgers contest. Hank Aaron's first plate appearance in the second inning is a walk. But coming to bat for the second time, Aaron hits career home run number 715 and Hank Aaron thanks his fans and receives special gifts including a ring and a watch, presented by Monte Irvin on behalf of Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who is not in attendance. Gowdy, Garagiola, and Kubek discuss the significance of the 715 home runs before the game resumes. Also on this tape is a CBS news broadcast from Los Angeles. Ross Porter recounts the events of the day and in addition, a CBS next day news program with aftermath reactions is presented. Aaron is interviewed at his home the morning after. There is a poignant editorial reflection on the comparison of Babe Ruth to Hank Aaron by CBS News correspondent Eric Sevareid on the National Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Roger Mudd substituting.
1974-04-08, NBC, 25 min.
SPECIAL Primetime Nationally televised baseball game, Opening Night between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles at Atlanta Stadium where 53,000 fans have come to see Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs by a player in a career.
Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola are in the booth.
Special pre-game ceremonies.
Gowdy calls home run number 715. He exclaims, "He did it! Aaron now the all time home run leader."
The game is stopped for almost 10 minutes as Hank Aaron is given a diamond ring on the field commemorating what he had just accomplished. Aaron at the microphone thanks all of his fans. Monte Irvin presents Hank with a gold watch with the engraving on it, "Greatest Home Run Hitter Of All Time."
Included in this air check is the News recapping this momentous day in sports. We hear Hank Aaron talking with reporters after the 7 to 4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He states that he is relieved that it is over.
1974-09-00, WNET, 11 min.
Host Curt Gowdy reminisces with Ernie Harwell, Leo Durocher, Ralph Branca, Don Newcombe, Willie Mays, Duke Snider and Bobby Thomson, who hit the home run heard around the world as the N.Y. Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 Playoffs. Also heard is Russ Hodges' live play-by-play of that memorable moment, tape-recorded by a fan from the radio broadcast.
1974-10-03, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
A look back at the 1951 National League playoff and pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
One in this series of sports nostalgia programs that chronicles notable sports events and profiles outstanding athletes. This program concentrates on the 1951 National League pennant race between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, which was decided in a best of three play-off series. With Ralph Branca pitching for the Dodgers, Bobby Thomson hit the winning home run of the series in the Giants's final inning at bat, and the hit came to be known as "the shot heard round the world." Guests include centerfielder Willie Mays, third baseman Thomson, and manager Leo Durocher, all of the Giants; centerfielder Duke Snider, and pitchers Branca and Don Newcombe, all of the Dodgers; and baseball announcer Ernie Harwell. Topics discussed include the Giant's eleven-game losing streak; Duroucher's attempts to resuscitate the team, including a major league promotion for promising young centerfielder Mays; and the fact that, despite sixteen victories in a row, the Giants were still trailing the Dodgers by six games in mid-September before securing a tie. Guests from both teams and host Curt Gowdy discuss the three-game playoff during footage of key moments. Footage of Thomson's fateful home run on October 3 is accompanied by broadcaster Russ Hodges's famous call, "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"
1974-10-17, WNBC, 34 min.
Curt Gowdy anounces the play-by-play from the top of the Dodger 8th inning. Tony Kubek does the "color" commentary from the victorious Oakland clubhouse. Monte Moore and Kubek interview commissioner of baseball Bowie Kuhn, who presents the championship trophy to the A's team. There are interviews with Catfish Hunter, Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson, Bert Campaneris, Ray Fosse and owner Charles O. Finley. Gowdy wraps up the broadcast.
1974-12-26, WNET, 29 min.
Host Curt Gowdy reminisces with Mel Allen, Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Clem Labine and Sal Maglie about Don Larsen's Perfect 1956 World Series Game against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1975-10-22, WNBC, 37 min.
Curt Gowdy announces the play-by-play from the last of the eighth inning, with the score tied 3 to 3 in this final seventh series game. Tony Kubek and Ned Martin do the "color" commentary. From the victorious Reds Clubhouse, Marty Brennerman and Kubek interview Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Clay Carroll, Johnny Bench, President Bob Howsam, Chairman of the Board Louis Nippert, Don Gullett and Tony Perez. In the booth, Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola wrap up the broadcast.
1976-01-20, SYN, min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The 1939 heavyweight boxing match between Joe Louis and Tony Galento is recalled.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-01-22, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The 1936 World Series Between The New York Yankees and New York Giants is featured.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-02-09, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The 1963 Rose Bowl game between USC and Wisconsin is recalled. The undefeated USC Trojans defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 42-37 in one of the most memorable Rose Bowls of all time.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-02-26, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
A look back at the 1954 World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-03-14, ABC, 60 min.
Curt Gowdy hosted this outdoor series in which celebrities and athletes went hunting and fishing. It was seen on Sunday afternoons on ABC.
January 31, 1965 - June 24, 1984.
The program surfaced again in 1989 and 1990 as one time specials.
On this episode, the guest is author Peter Benchley.
1976-03-25, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
Host Curt Gowdy discusses the 1955 match race between Swaps and Nashua with jockeys Willie Shoemaker, Eddie Arcaro, and sportscaster Winn Elliott.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-04-08, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The 1953 NFL Championship game between the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions is recalled.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1976-06-23, SYN, 90 min.
October 1, 1962-March 29, 1963 (NBC); 1965-1969 (Syndicated); August 18, 1969-February 11, 1972 (CBS); 1972-1986 (Syndicated)
A salute to sportscaster Curt Gowdy.
1977-01-08, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The Jake LaMotta-Sugar Ray Robinson middleweight title fight at Chicago Stadium on February 14th, 1951 is recalled.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-01-15, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
A profile of the 1960 Summer Olympics from Rome, Italy.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-01-22, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
A profile of the racehorse Nashua who competed against Swaps in a match race at Chicago's Washington Park on August 31st, 1955.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-02-12, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
A look back at the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates with members of both teams. The Pirates won the Series on Bill Mazeroski's dramatic walk-off ninth-inning home run off Ralph Terry in game 7.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-02-25, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The January, 1968 college basketball game between the UCLA Bruins and the University of Houston is recalled.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-03-19, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The Yankee Dynasty part 2 1936-1948 is featured.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-03-26, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The Yankee Dynasty part 3 1949-1964 is featured.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-04-09, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The heavyweight championship fight between Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott is recalled with veteran boxing announcer Don Dunphy.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1977-04-16, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
Negro League Baseball- A look at black baseball in America.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
In this program, hosted by Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg, the history of the Negro baseball leagues is discussed. The guests are some of the greatest players to come out of those leagues, including Satchel Paige, Monte Irvin, Don Newcombe, Willie Forster, Ted Page, Chet Brewer, and Quincy Trouppe. Highlights include: the history of the Negro League dating back to the Civil War era; Adrain "Cap" Anson's refusal to let his team play against competition beginning in 1887 if there were any black players on the field and how other teams followed his lead; Andrew "Rube" Forster's formation of an all-black players league in response to the segregation enforced by other teams; the sub-par conditions that the Negro League teams had to overcome including inferior living, playing, and equipment conditions; the types of crowds that would show up for the games and whether or not the stadiums would sell-out; the differences in the style of that game that was played in the Negro Leagues as compared to that of the Major Leagues; how the Negro League season sometimes went on for as long as two hundred games, with Negro League teams often playing two games a day in different cities; the opinion of the guests that the fastest man to ever play the game was James "Cool Papa" Bell, who was able to run from first base to home plate on a bunt and once stole one-hundred-and-seventy bases in a season; an example of the gloves the players used day in and day out; and what it was like playing against the Major Leaguers when both of their seasons were over. Also, expressed how if felt being banned from Major League Baseball.
Reminiscences from the panel related to great Black Ballplayers in their time, including, Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Buck Leonard, Martin Dihigo, Dave Malarcher, others.
1977-04-23, SYN, 23 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The 1964 college football game between the USC Trojans and The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
Host: Curt Gowdy. This program is a 23-minute excerpt.
1977-04-30, SYN, 30 min.
October 3rd, 1974-May 14th, 1977
A half-hour syndicated PBS series sports nostalgia show hosted by Curt Gowdy. Guest athletes view film clips of famous sporting events and reminisce.
The third Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale middleweight championship fight is recalled with veteran boxing announcer Don Dunphy.
Host: Curt Gowdy.
1978-01-02, WROW, 160 min.
Live radio broadcast of the 64th Rose Bowl game from Pasadena, California between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies. The Huskies, led by quarterback Warren Moon, upset the favored Wolverines 27-20. Moon was named the game's MVP. Curt Gowdy and John Brodie call the play-by-play.
