Lindsay Nelson-Busiest Announcer Ever

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LeonardRachiele
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Lindsay Nelson-Busiest Announcer Ever

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Before I give my comments about one of the best sportscasters ever, here is a capsule.  This does not show the Post Season activities, which were numerous. Best post season game. January 1, 1971-the Cotton Bowl.  Notre Dame accepted its first bowl since 1925.  They lost the game to Texas 21 to 17.  One year, also in the Cotton bowl, Notre Dame defeated Texas 24 to 11.

1957 to 1959  NBC. Did  the NCAA  Game of the Week with Red Grange providing the color.  The nest game here was in 1957. Notre Dame defeated Oklahoma 7 to 0 to break the Sooners 47 game winning streak.
1960 to 1961 NBC. Did the Major League  Ball Game of the Week. This game did not go to major league cities.
1962 to 1978. Head announcer for the New York Mets along with Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner.   The high points of this job was were Mets going to the World Series in 1969 and 1973.   In 1969 the Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4 out of  5.  Four years later, the Mets lost to the Oakland Athletics 4 out of 7.  The World Series in those years was on NBC.

1962 to 1963 CBS.  Did  the NCAA  Game of the Week with Terry Brennan and Jim Simpson doing the color.
1964 to 1965  NBC. Did  the NCAA  Game of the Week with Terry Brennan and Jim Simpson doing the color.

1966 to 1976 Castleman D. Chesley Productions. Did a 90 minute delayed telecast on Sundays  of previous day's Notre Dame game with Paul Hornung doing the color.  Famous line.  "we now move to further action."  The recording deleted parts of the game that were not critical to the game.
1966 to 1982. CBS.  Did NFL games on Sundays.  Nelson was the announcer for the Chicago Bears. After CBS did away with specific announcer format in 1968, Nelson remained as an NFL announcer until 1982.
1979 to 1982.  Head announcer for the San Francisco Giants.

Assignments, as  you can see overlapped, making Lindsay Nelson one of busiest announcers ever.   This was a frequent scenario.  Nelson telecasted an NCAA game in Pittsburgh, caught a plan after the game, and arrived in Los Angeles to broadcast a Mets game with the Dodgers.
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