Jack Whitaker, a sportscaster for CBS and ABC who called Super Bowl I and Secretariat’s Triple Crown triumph, has died. He passed Sunday morning in his sleep in Devon, Pennsylvania of natural causes at age 95.
Starting his career in the late 1950s at Philadelphia’s Wcau-tv after graduating from St. Joseph’s University in that city, Whitaker went on to a storied career in sports broadcasting that included football, golf and horse racing.
Perhaps his biggest triumph was surviving the Omaha Beach landing three days after D-Day. He was wounded by a blast from an artillery shell and later was again wounded in combat. He was honorably discharged in 1945.
CBS Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz released a statement on Sunday praising the broadcast legend.
“When I first met Jack Whitaker in 1986 at Pebble Beach, I felt like I had just been introduced to Ernest Hemingway,” Nantz said. “I grew up...
Starting his career in the late 1950s at Philadelphia’s Wcau-tv after graduating from St. Joseph’s University in that city, Whitaker went on to a storied career in sports broadcasting that included football, golf and horse racing.
Perhaps his biggest triumph was surviving the Omaha Beach landing three days after D-Day. He was wounded by a blast from an artillery shell and later was again wounded in combat. He was honorably discharged in 1945.
CBS Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz released a statement on Sunday praising the broadcast legend.
“When I first met Jack Whitaker in 1986 at Pebble Beach, I felt like I had just been introduced to Ernest Hemingway,” Nantz said. “I grew up...
- 8/18/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Whitaker, the erudite CBS and ABC sportscaster whose half-century on the air was unfairly smudged by a seemingly innocuous remark that got him banned from the Masters, has died. He was 95.
Whitaker died Sunday of natural causes in Devon, Pennsylvania, after a stay in hospice care, CBS announced.
Whitaker was part of the CBS team that worked the first Super Bowl in 1967, and he was there for Secretariat’s mind-boggling Triple Crown-sealing victory at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. As a play-by-play man, analyst, host, reporter and essayist, he did dozens of major golf tournaments; several Olympics, both ...
Whitaker died Sunday of natural causes in Devon, Pennsylvania, after a stay in hospice care, CBS announced.
Whitaker was part of the CBS team that worked the first Super Bowl in 1967, and he was there for Secretariat’s mind-boggling Triple Crown-sealing victory at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. As a play-by-play man, analyst, host, reporter and essayist, he did dozens of major golf tournaments; several Olympics, both ...
- 8/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The pay TV sports behemoth had 55 nominations vs NBC Sports Group’s 32, CBS’ 26, and Turner Sports’ 22. You’ll find the full list of nominees here. New York, NY – March 20, 2012 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. More than 170 nominees were announced in 33 categories including outstanding live sports special, live series, sports documentary, studio show, promotional announcements, play-by-play personality and studio analyst. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on April 30th, 2012 in New York City. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports will go to the Sports Commentator and Essayist, Jack Whitaker. “This is an outstanding year for the sports community and for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,” said Malachy Wienges, Chairman, NATAS. “The entries...
- 3/20/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
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