Chris Schenkel thought

[oldvnewschool]

I like many was sadden but the lost of a truly

irreplacable part of TV sports history.

Chris Schenkel's death leaves a void that will never

be filled. He worked on many sporting events at a time

when there was so little time to air them in the 50's and 60's.

Of course we all know him for his long time bowling coverage on ABC and later

for ESPN(1961-97). Not to mention that he was also the voice of the New York

Giants football team for 13 years on Dumont and later CBS (1952-65). But he

also did more than that. He is also the first broadcaster ever to call

a football game on TV. It was the 1947 matchup between Harvard & Army

for I assumed NBC. He went to Dumont in 1952 where he was the lead

voice on the Boxing from St. Nichols Arena in New York. (He was there for

the last broadcast of the Dumont Network on August 6th, 1956 which was that

show) I even have a videotape in which he analyzed a wrestling match

that took place circa 1957/58 at Madison Square Garden. It was then

promoted by Vincent J. McMahon (McMahon's father) and it was

Antonio Rocca & the recently passed away Miguel Perez against

Jerry & Eddie Graham that ended in a no contest. The highlight of that

tape was when Schenkel said that Rocca beat one of the Graham's head

like a pair of bongo drums. He of course went to CBS to work on their

coverage of The Masters in the 1950's. He along with Chuck Thompson

called the NFL Championship Game for CBS (The game was also simulcast

with NBC) He then moved to ABC in 1965 to lead their college football

coverage with Bud Wilkinson for the game of the week. Trust me before

there was Keith Jackson, there was Schenkel. He also covered ABC's

coverage of the NBA, boxing, golf, tennis tournaments, and of course

the olympics. He was there in 1972 when the USSR (Now Russia) defated

the USA in a controversial game. You could say that for most of the

pre-ESPN years of sports Chris Schenkel was your guy. He will

be sorley missed.

 

[gr8oldies]

It was just amazing how, even in his 70s, he sounded like a real young guy!<P ID="signature">______________
Greetings from Ohio-where the governor wants everyone to know he's sorry.</P>

 

[danderson4411]

i know its a old thread but here my favorite schenkel moment:
in 1988 Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver were at Shea for game 4 of the NLCS while Schenkel and Dick Vermeil and whoever their sideline reporter was were at Washington @ Arizona St and the baseball game was running long i was watching the backhaul since abc was not going to cut away and the dodgers had the bases loaded and were down to their final strike when they hit a grand slam then in the next half inning the mets won it with a homer in next inning Chris and Dick could not blieve waht they were seeing(mind you they were in tempe while Al,Jim,and Tim were at Shea) that was funny because the baseball game had turned into a slugfest

 

[onairb]

I didn't see the football backhaul, so I won't question your recollection of Schenckel and Vermeil's comments (nor will I question why you bring so many old threads 'back from the dead'), but your recollection of that NLCS is off.
The game that aired on Saturday was not game 4, but game 3(due to a rainout the night before); that Game 3 was a comeback win for the Mets, who scored 5 in the 8th to win 8-4. (The Dodgers came from behind to win game 4, not with a grand slam(neither team hit one in that series), but with a 2-run homer in the 9th by Mike Scioscia, and a 12th-inning homer by Kirk Gibson.

 

[danderson4411]

thanks i always thought it was game 4 not 3 but i stand corrected i do remember howell pine tar and the umpire throwing him out