Can’t anybody have a normal fukking name anymore?!?”
Keith Jackson –
Sportscaster, commentator, jarhead.
October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018.
Aged 89 years.
Most recognized for: A legend in the sports broadcasting world, he’d called it all: NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, the Olympics, etc. His distinctive voice and down-home delivery provided the play-by-play for over 50 years of college football, coining phrases along the way such as “The Grandaddy of them All” (The Rose Bowl) and “The Big House” (Michigan Stadium.)
Selected by: P Kitty
