Just imagine there's a really obnoxious graphical sig here
Apparently he was the first person that Bud told when he got the OU job. He and Bud were very good friends.
Dead at 86
ESPN story.
He's one reason I wish I had been born 10 years sooner. I was way too young to remember listening to Gowdy's voice during the super seventies. You might also say that he was the last broadcaster who did all the biggies (Super Bowl, World Series, Final Four) at the same time.