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31 de jul. de 2018 · Given annually since 1996, the award bears the name of its first recipient, Chris Schenkel, whose life-long commitment to excellence in broadcasting and longstanding association with the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame reflect the achievements and spirit the award embodies. Schenkel, the longtime ABC Sports broadcaster ...
Born in Bippus, Indiana, on August 21, 1923, sportscasting legend Chris Schenkel had a 46 year career as a sportscaster. During his long career, Schenkel announced New York Football Giants games for thirteen years, was the voice of ABC’s NCAA college football for twelve years, covered Monday night fights for six years, called hundreds of horse races, covered nine summer and winter Olympics ...
Christina, Teddy, and Johnny. Christopher Eugene "Chris" Schenkel (August 21, 1923 – September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster. In 1947, he called the first American football game ever broadcast on television. [2] It was a Harvard - Army game. In 1952 he began calling New York Giants games.
The date was June 21, 1997, the final episode of the Pro Bowlers Tour on ABC Sports. The last tournament televised was the St. Clair Classic from Fairview H...
That career – and Schenkel’s 70th birthday — will be feted Saturday night in “A Salute to Chris Schenkel,” with a reception at the Eiteljorg Museum and a dinner at the Indiana Roof Ballroom . Schenkel would only agree to the shindig on the condition that proceeds go to the Haskell (Kan.) Indian Junior College Foundation.
Chris Schenkel. Chris Schenkel had an illustrious career as a television sportscaster, marked by his easygoing delivery and baritone voice. Born on a farm at Bippus, Indiana, he attended Purdue University and got his first broadcasting job at WKBV Radio, Richmond. He became the longtime voice of the Professional Bowlers Association, and for 17 ...
In 1983, Schenkel was instrumental in having the 1912 Olympic medals of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe returned to his family after they were stripped from him. Schenkel, who died in 2005, always took pride in his Huntington County roots. His funeral was at Huntington’s Saints Peter and Paul Church and he is buried in his hometown of Bippus.
