Lindsey Nelson was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play of college football and New York Mets baseball.
22 Facts About Lindsey Nelson
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For 33 years Lindsey Nelson covered college football, including 26 Cotton Bowls, five Sugar Bowls, four Rose Bowls, and 14 years announcing syndicated Notre Dame games.
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Lindsey Nelson is in or honored by 13 separate Halls of Fame.
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From his colorful jackets to his equally colorful broadcasts and enthusiastic manner of speaking, Lindsey Nelson established himself as one of the industry's leading sportscasters.
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Lindsey Nelson was born on May 25,1919, in Pulaski, Tennessee, the third child of Jon and Asie Lindsey Nelson.
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Lindsey Nelson graduated from Columbia Central High School in Columbia.
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Lindsey Nelson graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1941, taught English, and then served in the US Army, where he was a captain in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
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Lindsey Nelson served as a war correspondent and public relations specialist, and played on an Army baseball team managed by Harry "The Hat" Walker.
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Lindsey Nelson broke into broadcasting in 1948 following a short career as a reporter in Columbia, Tennessee, for the Columbia Daily Herald newspaper.
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Lindsey Nelson then returned to his alma mater in Knoxville, Tennessee to create and become the first play-by-play announcer for the Vol Network, broadcasting the college football games of the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Lindsey Nelson began his national baseball broadcast career as one of Gordon McLendon's radio announcers for the Liberty Broadcasting System, which primarily did recreations of games.
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When Chicago White Sox pitcher and former Mets ace Tom Seaver went for his 300th victory in August 1985 against the host New York Yankees, the Yankees TV flagship station WPIX had Lindsey Nelson call the final half-inning of Seaver's history-making win.
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In 1979 Lindsey Nelson moved on to the San Francisco Giants, for whom he worked three seasons.
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Lindsey Nelson worked with CBS Radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball in 1985.
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Lindsey Nelson was awarded an Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991.
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Lindsey Nelson was inducted into the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Army ROTC Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Television broadcasts featuring Lindsey Nelson were notable for his multi-colored plaid sports jackets.
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Lindsey Nelson reportedly owned 335 of them at one time.
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Lindsey Nelson's television fashion sense was an inspiration for Jim Brockmire, the title character played by Hank Azaria in the IFC series.
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Lindsey Nelson wrote an autobiographical memoir entitled Hello Everybody, I'm Lindsey Nelson, his landmark opening phrase.
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Lindsey Nelson died of Parkinson's disease at age 76 on June 10,1995, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Lindsey Nelson is buried in Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia.