NSMA Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Photo ID

04.12.2020

Can you identify the winners in the photo below, from the first National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Awards banquet, held April 12, 1960 at Catawba College in Salisbury, NC?

Below is the complete list of 1959 state award winners. Red Smith was the 1959 National Sportswriter of the Year. Lindsey Nelson was the 1959 National Sportscaster of the Year. To answer, please see the post on the National Sports Media Association Facebook page.

STATE SPORTSCASTERS

STATE

YEAR

WINNER

NAME

AFFIL

AL

1959

Tom

Hamlin

WABT, Birmingham

AZ

1959

Bill

Close

KOY, Phoenix

AR

1959

Bud

Campbell

KARK, Arkansas

CA

1959

Chick

Hearn

KRCA TV. Los Angeles

CO

1959

Fred

Leo

KDEN, Denver

CT

1959

Bob

Steele

WTIC, Hartford

DE

1959

Bob

Kelly

WDEL, Wilmington

DC

1959

Jim

Simpson

WRC

FL

1959

Otis

Boggs

WRUF, Gainesville

GA

1959

Ed

Thilenius

WRFC, Athens

ID

1959

Bob

Curtis

KRPL, Moscow

IL

1959

Jack

Brickhouse

WGN-TV, Chicago

IN

1959

Joe

Boland

WSBT-TV, South Bend

IO

1959

Gene

Claussen

KXIC, Iowa City

KS

1959

Monte

Moore

KFKU, Lawrence

KY

1959

Claude

Sullivan

WVLK, Lexington

LA

1959

John

Ferguson

WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge

ME

1959

John

Libby

WCOU, Lewiston

MD

1959

Chuck

Thompson

Baltimore Colts

MA

1959

Curt

Gowdy

WHDH, Boston

MI

1959

Van

Patrick

WKMH, Dearborn

MN

1959

Halsey

Hall

WCCO, Minneapolis

MS

1959

Jack

Cristil

Miss. Football Network, Columbus

MO

1959

Harry

Caray

KMOX, St. Louis

MT

1959

Johnny

Campbell

KXLL, Missoula

NE

1959

Joe

Patrick

KMTV, Omaha

NV

1959

Mark

Hathaway

KLRJ, Las Vegas

NH

1959

Jock

MacKenzie

WTSN, Dover

NJ

1959

Bryan

Field

CBS, N.Y.

NM

1959

Stan

Gallup

KGFL, Roswell

NY

1959

Chris

Schenkel

WABD, New York

NC

1959

Bill

Currie

WRAI, Raleigh

ND

1959

Russ

Smith

KLPM, Minot

OH

1959

Jimmy

Dudley

WERE, Cleveland

OK

1959

Bill

Platt

KSPI, Stillwater

OR

1959

Bob

Blackburn

KOIM, Portland

PA

1959

Ray

Scott

WTAE, Pittsburgh

RI

1959

Warren

Walden

WJAR, Providence

SC

1959

Jim

Coggins

WKDK, Newberry

SD

1959

Bill

Treadway

KIJV, Huron

TN

1959

George

Mooney

WMPS, Memphis

TX

1959

Kern

Tips

KPRC, Houston

UT

1959

Augie

Navarro

KALL, Salt Lake City

VT

1959

Tony

Adams

WCAX, Burlington

VA

1959

Chris

Cramer

WCHV, Charlottesville

WA

1959

Frank

Herron

KNEW, Spokane

WV

1959

Jack

Fleming

WAJR, Morgantown

WI

1959

Earl

Gillespie

WEMP, Milwaukee

WY

1959

Wiles

Hollock

WYO, Cowboy Network


STATE SPORTSWRITERS

STATE YEAR WINNER NAME AFFIL
AL 1959 Benny Marshall Birmingham News
AR 1959 Orville Henry Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock
AZ 1959 Bob Allison Phoenix Gazette
CA 1959 Melvin Durslag Los Angeles Examiner
CO 1959 Frank Haraway The Denver Post
CT 1959 Bill Lee Hartford Courant
DC 1959 Burton Hawkins Washington Star
DE 1959 Albert Cartwright Wilmington News
FL 1959 Bob Hudson Tampa Tribune
GA 1959 Furman Bisher Atlanta Journal
ID 1959 Al Barackman Daily Idahonian, Moscow
IL 1959 John Carmichael Chicago Daily News
IN 1959 Bob Collins Indianapolis Star
IO 1959 Bert McGrane Register-Tribune, Des Moines
KS 1959 Bob Hurt Topeka Capital-Journal
KY 1959 Earl Cox Louisville Courier-Journal
LA 1959 Bill Keefe New Orleans Times-Picayune
MA 1959 John Gillooly Boston Record
MD 1959 John Steadman The New-Post, Baltimore
ME 1959 Bud Leavitt Bangor News
MI 1959 Lyall Smith Detroit Free Press
MN 1959 Dick Cullum The Tribune, Minneapolis
MO 1959 Bob Burnes St. Louis Globe Democrat
MS 1959 Carl Walters Clarion-Ledger, Jackson
MT 1959 Ray Rocene Missoula Daily Missoulian
NC 1959 Irwin Smallwood Greensboro Daily News
ND 1959 Eugene Fitzgerald Fargo Forum
NE 1959 Gregg McBride Omaha World Herald
NH 1959 Ruel N. Colby Monitor & N. H. Patriot, Concord
NJ 1959 Hy Goldberg Newark News
NM 1959 Carlos Salazar Albuquerque Journal
NV 1959 John Romero Las Vegas Review-Journal
NY 1959 Dan Parker New York Mirror
OH 1959 Gordon Cobbledick Plain Dealer, Cleveland
OK 1959 Ray Soldan Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
OR 1959 George Pasero Oregon Journal, Portland
PA 1959 Lester Biederman Pittsburgh Press
RI 1959 John Aborn Journal Bulletin, Providence
SC 1959 Jake Penland The State, Columbia
SD 1959 Craig Stolze Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
TN 1959 Fred Russell The Nashville Banner
TX 1959 Blackie Sherrod Dallas Times Herald
UT 1959 John Mooney Salt Lake City Tribune
VA 1959 Steve Guback Richmond Times-Dispatch
VT 1959 Percy Angwin Barre Times-Argus
WA 1959 Jack Hewins Associated Press, Seattle
WI 1959 Lloyd Larson Milwaukee Sentinel
WV 1959 Dick Hudson The Mail, Charleston
WY 1959 Wiles Hallock University of Wyoming Publicity
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