1. Robert E Fouracre was an American sportscaster who called football and basketball for the College of the Holy Cross.
11 Facts About Bob Fouracre
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Bob Fouracre was a 1956 graduate of Northboro High School, a 1958 graduate of the Cushing Academy and a 1962 graduate of the Cambridge School of Broadcasting.
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From 1970 to 1981, Bob Fouracre worked at WSMW-TV, where he called Boston Celtics games, hosted "Bay State Bowling", and called college basketball and football games.
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Bob Fouracre began his career at WARE, calling high school sports from 1962 to 1969 and called New England Patriots preseason games in 1971.
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Bob Fouracre called games for the WBL's Worcester Counts in 1989, the CBA's Bay State Bombardiers on NESN and WORC, and hosted "Big Shot Bowling" on NESN.
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Bob Fouracre is, to date, the only person to call play-by-play in the National Basketball Association, the Continental Basketball Association and the World Basketball League.
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Bob Fouracre's former broadcasting partners include Bob Cousy, Togo Palazzi, Upton Bell, Gino Cappelletti, Gordie Lockbaum, Gary Tanguay and Greg Dickerson.
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Bob Fouracre was suspended as host of the Holy Cross football and basketball shows on WGMC TV-3 in September 1998 after police charged him with assaulting a reporter and cameraman from the cable television station.
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In January 2005, Bob Fouracre underwent an angioplasty and had three stents installed in the major artery of his heart.
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On May 5,2007, Bob Fouracre was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame.
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On October 11,2008, Bob Fouracre was inducted into the International Candlepin Bowling Hall of Fame.