| Christopher Eugene Schenkel | |
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| Born | August 21, 1923 Bippus, Indiana |
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| Died | September 11, 2005 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
Christopher Eugene Schenkel (August 21, 1923- September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bippus is an unincorporated town in Warren Township, Huntington County, Indiana. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fort Wayne is a City in northeastern Indiana, United States and the County seat of Allen A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and baritone voice. Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
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Early life and career
Schenkel began his broadcasting career at radio station WBAA while studying for a premedical degree at Purdue University. WBAA is the callsign for two Radio stations owned by Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana --an AM station at 920 kHz and an FM Doctor of Medicine ( MD or MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine" is a doctoral He worked for a time at WLBC in Muncie, Indiana. WLBC is a small market sized FM Radio station located in Muncie Indiana. Muncie (ˈmʌnsi is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and [1] After military service in World War II, he resumed sportcasting in Providence, Rhode Island; in 1947 he called the first American football game ever broadcast on television (a Harvard-Army contest). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA,
In 1952, Schenkel was hired by the DuMont network, for which he broadcast New York Giants football; in 1956 he went to CBS, where he continued to call Giants games, along with boxing, the Triple Crown horse racing, and The Masters golf tournament, among other events. The 1952 NFL season was the 33rd Regular season of the National Football League. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (although sometimes shortened to Triple Crown, the full name is used to avoid possible confusion with other sports consists of three The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's Along with Chuck Thompson, Schenkel called the 1958 NFL Championship Game for NBC. Charles L "Chuck" Thompson ( June 10, 1921 - March 6, 2005) was an American Sportscaster best known for his broadcasts The 1958 NFL season was the 39th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1958 National Football League Championship Game was played on December 28, 1958 at Yankee Stadium in New York City. He was the voiceover talent for the very first NFL Films production ever made, the 1962 NFL Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants. NFL Films is a Mount Laurel New Jersey -based company devoted to producing Commercials, Television The 1962 National Football League championship game was the 30th NFL title game The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey.
ABC Sports
ABC Sports hired Schenkel in 1965, and there he broadcast college football, Major League Baseball, NBA basketball, golf and tennis tournaments, boxing, auto racing, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and professional bowling like the Professional Bowlers Association, also known as The Pro Bowlers Tour, a sport he would cover into the 1990s as one of ABC's signature sports for many Saturday afternoons. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Bowling is a Game / Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a Bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA –- currently known as the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour for sponsorship reasons -– was founded in Syracuse New York and The Pro Bowlers Tour is a broadcast of the Professional Bowlers Association that aired on ABC from 1961 – 1997. His broadcast partners on the PBA telecasts included Billy Welu and Nelson "Bo" Burton, Jr.
During his 36 years on The Professional Bowlers Tour, whenever ABC sent him away covering other assignments, a televised 300 game was bowled (which happened 4 times). Billy Welu (b July 3, 1932 in St Louis Missouri, d May 16 1974 was a famous professional bowler, executive for the Professional Bowlers Nelson "Bo" Burton Jr (born June 5, 1942 in St Louis Missouri) is a professional The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. He would eventually witness a 300 game on January 31, 1987 when Houstonian Pete McCordic bowled one on the first match of the Greater Los Angeles Open. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR Chris told McCordic it was a moment for him since he was away all the other times. Chris would witness 5 more 300 games.
Schenkel's straightforward, low-key approach contrasted with the distinctive flair of fellow ABC broadcasters such as Jim McKay, Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell. James Kenneth McManus ( September 24 1921 – June 7 2008) better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American Keith Jackson (born October 18, 1928) is an American former Sportscaster, known for his long career with ABC Sports television Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen; March 25 1918 - April 23 1995 was an American sports journalist This, combined with his high visibility (as with his similarly low-key and highly visible NBC counterpart Curt Gowdy), inevitably led to unfavorable comparisons, and sometimes borderline ridicule. Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" An example occurred near the end of the Cheech and Chong parody song, "Basketball Jones", in which the singer, "Tyrone Shoelaces", exhorted the crowd (in a class comic triple), "Bill Russell, sing along with us! Chick Hearn, sing along! Chris Schenkel. Cheech & Chong are a Comedy duo, consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their In Mathematics a triple is an n-tuple with n being 3. A triple is a sequence of three elements William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana) is a retired American professional Basketball Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27 1916 &ndash August 5 2002 was an American Sportscaster. . . don't say nothin'!"
Contrary to current popular belief or revisionist history, Chris Schenkel, not Jim McKay, anchored ABC's prime time coverage of the ill-fated 1972 Summer Olympics. James Kenneth McManus ( September 24 1921 – June 7 2008) better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was When the terrorist attacks (otherwise known as the Munich Massacre) occurred, Schenkel was asleep after hosting the previous night's coverage live from Munich from 2 a. The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken "Live TV" redirects here For the British TV station formerly known by this name see L!VE TV. m. to 5 a. m. local time. McKay, who was on his way to the Stadium for track and field coverage, was told to return to the ABC studio to report on the situation unfolding at the Olympic Village. The Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich the stadium At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested 24 for men and 14 for women Schenkel returned to anchor Olympic coverage after the Games resumed.
Honors
In 1971, Statesboro, Georgia businessman Charlie Robbins honored Schenkel by developing in his name a scholarship for golf at Georgia Southern University and developed the Chris Schenkel Intercollegiate Golf Tournament, featuring some of the nation's top college golf teams. Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia, United States, and is the County seat and most populous city of Bulloch County. Georgia Southern University (GSU is a public co-educational Regional Research University located in Statesboro, Georgia, USA The tournament ended after the 1989 because of concerns after it was discovered the golf club hosting the tournament was all white, but was revived in 1999 as the E-Z-Go Schenkel Invitational. The tournament is regarded as one of college golf's premier intercollegiate tournament in the East.
Schenkel was named National Sportscaster of the Year four times, and in 1992 he received a lifetime achievement Emmy. Also in 1992, the Pro Football Hall of Fame presented Schenkel with its Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, created in 1989 and named for the late longtime NFL commissioner, is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame In 1999, he received the Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest award presented by the Jim Thorpe Association without consideration of athletic accomplishments the award recognizes
In 1999, the Professional Bowlers Association named the Player of the Year award after Schenkel. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
Personal
He was married to former dancer and modeler, Fran Page.
Schenkel had three children, Christina, Teddy, and Johnny. He also has three grandchildren, Christopher, Michael, and Katie.
In 1971, Schenkel, a longtime friend of the late Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman, was a passenger in the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500 race. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway Indiana (an Enclave of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr ( February 11 1901 - October 27 1977) was a businessman from Terre Haute Indiana and graduated Astronaut John Glenn and Hulman were also in the car when its driver, Indianapolis-area Dodge dealer Eldon Palmer, crashed the 1971 Dodge Challenger convertible into a section of bleachers at the beginning of the race. John Herschel Glenn Jr (born July 18 1921 in Cambridge Ohio) is a former United States Senator who first rose to fame as the first American to Orbit Dodge is a United States -based brand of Automobiles Sport utility vehicles and Trucks manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC Eldon Palmer is the owner of automobile and truck dealerships in the Indianapolis Indiana area Dodge Challenger is the name of three different Automobile models marketed by the Dodge division of Chrysler LLC since 1970 Someone had moved the flag Palmer had positioned as a braking reference point, leading to the incident that injured twenty-two people, mostly photographers. Schenkel and the car's other occupants were not seriously injured.
Death
Schenkel died of emphysema in 2005 at the age of 82. Emphysema is a chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease ( COPD) formerly termed a chronic obstructive Lung disease (COLD Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Other appearances
- Schenkel appeared as himself in the 1996 film Kingpin. The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Kingpin is a 1996 Farrelly brothers film starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray He played the role of play-by-play announcer in the final match between characters Ernie McCracken and Roy Munson.
References
| Preceded by Charlie Brockman |
Television voice of the Indianapolis 500 1966 |
Succeeded by Jim McKay |
| Preceded by Bob Wolff |
Play-by-Play announcer, NBA Finals 1966-1971 (with Bob Wolff in 1966 and 1969) |
Succeeded by Keith Jackson |
| Preceded by Bill Henry |
American television prime time anchor, Summer Olympic Games 1968-1972 |
Succeeded by Jim McKay |
| Preceded by Jim McKay |
American television prime time anchor, Winter Olympic Games 1968 |
Succeeded by Curt Gowdy |
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