Jim Simpson
American sportscaster
Jim Simpson (December 20, 1927 – January 13, 2016)[1] was an American sportscaster. He worked for NBC Sports and later ESPN. He called Baltimore Orioles local telecasts in 1988. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.[2]
Jim Simpson | |
|---|---|
 Simpson in 1969 | |
| Born | December 20, 1927 |
| Died | January 13, 2016 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | sportscaster |
| Years active | 1960s–1990s? |
| Awards | Sports Lifetime Achievement Award (1997) NSSA Hall of Fame (2000) |
For NBC: he called
- 1966 World Cup
- Super Bowl I
- American Football League
- National Football League
- College Basketball
- College Football/Notre Dame Football
- National Hockey League
- Tennis
- Major League Baseball
- Golf
For ESPN, Simpson called:
- College football
- College basketball
- United States Football League
- College baseball
- National Basketball Association
References
change- ↑ "Hall of Fame Sportscaster Jim Simpson of ESPN Early Days Dies". ESPN.com. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ "2000-Jim Simpson". Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
More reading
change- Voices of the Game by Curt Smith (Diamond Communications, Inc. 1987) ISBN 0-912083-21-2
- Bud Wilkinson: An Intimate Portrait of an American Legend by Jay Wilkinson and Gretchen Hirsch (Sagamore Publishing 1994) ISBN 1-57167-001-7
- Living a Dream by Dick Vitale (Sports Publishing 2003) ISBN 1-58261-738-4