Pavan
06-13-2008, 04:20 PM
Charlie Jones has passed away today at age 77. Charlie Jones worked for ABC calling the American Football League in 1960 and went to NBC when the league changed networks in 1965. He remained with NBC until 1997 when it lost the rights to the NFL.
In addition, he called track & field during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, then did swimming in the 1992 Barcelona Games. He also called baseball, golf and hosted Wimbledon while at NBC.
After leaving NBC, Jones did work for both Prime and FSN, calling the Chicago Marathon and did some sporadic work for ABC calling college football for regional action.
Charlie had his own blog, too and he even posted this past Monday on the passing of the legendary Jim McKay: http://charliejonesonsports.blogspot.com/
Here is his bio:
http://espn.go.com/abcsports/columns/jones_charlie/bio.html
In addition, he called track & field during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, then did swimming in the 1992 Barcelona Games. He also called baseball, golf and hosted Wimbledon while at NBC.
After leaving NBC, Jones did work for both Prime and FSN, calling the Chicago Marathon and did some sporadic work for ABC calling college football for regional action.
Charlie had his own blog, too and he even posted this past Monday on the passing of the legendary Jim McKay: http://charliejonesonsports.blogspot.com/
Here is his bio:
http://espn.go.com/abcsports/columns/jones_charlie/bio.html