Bob Fouts
{{Short description|American sportscaster (1921–2019)}}
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{{Infobox sports announcer
| name = Bob Fouts
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Robert Oliver Fouts
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|12|19}}
| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|07|1921|12|19}}
| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| other_names =
| team = San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Warriors
| genre = Play-by-play
| sport = National Football League
National Basketball Association
}}
Robert Oliver Fouts (December 19, 1921 – July 7, 2019){{Cite web |last=Kroner |first=Steve |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Longtime Bay Area broadcaster Bob Fouts dies at 97 |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/49ers/article/Longtime-Bay-Area-broadcaster-Bob-Fouts-dies-at-97-14077581.php |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}} was an American sportscaster who was best known for his work as a play-by-play announcer for San Francisco 49ers football.
Biography
Bob worked with Lon Simmons on radio and television broadcasts for the 49ers in the 1950s. He also called basketball games for the Saint Mary's Gaels and other schools and covered ice hockey, golf, Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals, track-and-field, and even wrestling. Fouts was elected into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2008. He also covered the Olympic Games and served as sports anchor for KPIX-TV and KGO-TV and called games for the San Francisco Warriors.
Personal
Bob attended Christian Brothers High School and St. Mary's College of California and then went to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He resided with his wife in San Francisco and had five children, one of whom, Dan Fouts, went on to become a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and football broadcaster.{{Cite web |last=Hoffarth |first=Tom |date=2019-08-04 |title=Dan Fouts mourns the death of his dad, Bob, a renowned broadcaster in his own right |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-08-04/dan-fouts-bob-nfl-chargers-broadcasting-bay-area |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111225054936/http://www.bayarearadio.org/sports/49ers/bob-fouts_ksfo-photo.shtml Bob Fouts – KSFO/49ers Promotional Photo – Circa 1958]
- {{Cite news |last=Bush |first=David |date=December 8, 2002 |title=Former 49ers broadcaster is still on the air |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW-Bob-Fouts-He-won-t-stop-2712162.php |access-date=October 2, 2013 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160709102206/http://bayarearadio.org/hof/2008/index.shtml Celebrating The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame – Class of 2008!]
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Category:American radio sports announcers
Category:American television sports announcers
Category:College basketball announcers in the United States
Category:Golden State Warriors announcers
Category:American golf commentators
Category:Ice hockey commentators
Category:Minor League Baseball broadcasters
Category:Olympic Games broadcasters
Category:Mass media people from Sacramento, California
Category:Saint Mary's College of California alumni
Category:San Francisco 49ers announcers
Category:Track and field broadcasters
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II