The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 39, September 11, 2005, Article 8

CELEBRITY COLLECTOR CHRIS SCHENKEL DIES

John Kraljevich forwarded the following link to an article on
the Sports Illustrated web site about today's death of
sportscaster Chris Schenkel. Schenkel was also a numismatist.
Dave Bowers' firm had auctioned his collection in 1990.
Did anyone meet Schenkel during his collecting days, or at the
auction of his collection?

"Sportscaster Chris Schenkel, whose easygoing baritone won
over fans during a more than six-decade broadcasting career
in which he covered everything from bowling to the Olympics,
died Sunday following a long battle with emphysema. He
was 82."

"Schenkel's radio and television career included virtually every
major sports competition and several pioneering broadcasts.

He was the first to cover the Masters Tournament on television,
in 1956; the first to call a college football game coast to coast
on ABC; and the first to serve as live sports anchor from the
Olympics, in Mexico City in 1968.

His career highlights included calling gymnast Nadia Comaneci's
perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and calling the
1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts
and New York Giants.

He was also the longtime voice of the Professional Bowlers
Association, entertaining a generation of viewers with his
Saturday afternoon broadcasts.

George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN Inc. and ABC
Sports, called Schenkel a pioneering sportscaster and a
"true gentleman."

To read the full story, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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