NSMA Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Photo ID
04.12.2020Can 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 | |