Dick Stockton is retiring from Fox Sports after a 55-year sports broadcasting career - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-26-2021, 01:32 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...ckton-retires/

Stockton was the last original announcer from the start of Fox's NFL package in 1994. In announcing his retirement Thursday after 55 years in broadcasting, Fox Sports said that Stockton had called 1,545 televised sporting events, a record for a U.S. sports broadcaster. Among them was Carlton Fisk's walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which earned Stockton iconic status because of his 36 seconds of silence.

SledgeBarone · 03-26-2021, 02:47 PM

Congrats to him. I liked his calling of NBA games on CBS during the 1980s. I didn't realize he had a history as a baseball announcer. Dick was also a good football announcer, even though he was never one of the top NFL guys at the network.

KurtfromPitts · 04-14-2021, 11:05 AM

I go back to when Dick worked at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1967-71.

03-26-2021, 01:32 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,342	Dick Stockton is retiring from Fox Sports after a 55-year sports broadcasting career https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...ckton-retires/ Stockton was the last original announcer from the start of Fox's NFL package in 1994. In announcing his retirement Thursday after 55 years in broadcasting, Fox Sports said that Stockton had called 1,545 televised sporting events, a record for a U.S. sports broadcaster. Among them was Carlton Fisk's walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which earned Stockton iconic status because of his 36 seconds of silence.

03-26-2021, 02:47 PM	#2
SledgeBarone Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2020 Posts: 1,930	Congrats to him. I liked his calling of NBA games on CBS during the 1980s. I didn't realize he had a history as a baseball announcer. Dick was also a good football announcer, even though he was never one of the top NFL guys at the network.

04-14-2021, 11:05 AM	#3
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,537	I go back to when Dick worked at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1967-71.