Chris Shenkel dies

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You guys probably remember him for doing the PBA bowling broadcasts but I fondly remember him doing the New York Football Giants games back in the late fifties/early sixties when I fell in love with football.

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You guys probably remember him for doing the PBA bowling broadcasts but I fondly remember him doing the New York Football Giants games back in the late fifties/early sixties when I fell in love with football.

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in related news, my neighbor when i was 6 died last week.

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in related news, my neighbor when i was 6 died last week.

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Sorry it's such a mundane post but it brought back memories and he really was a fine football announcer.

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in related news, my neighbor when i was 6 died last week.

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Sorry it's such a mundane post but it brought back memories and he really was a fine football announcer.

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no, i was just joking that 95%+ of us will not know who he is /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[IHateKeithSmart]

Adrian Karsten (ESPN sideline guy) also died this week of an apparent suicide. He was supposed to report to federal prison for tax fraud/evasion.

[andyfox]

An affable boob of an announcer.

[Phat Mack]

Sorry to hear it. I liked his Giants broadcasts as a kid, and his NCAA broadcasts with Bud Wilkenson. He was from an era before the announcers realized that they were the real stars.

[MicroBob]

very classy guy. he was one of my all-time favorute announcers.

also did college football on ABC including the 1971 'game of the century' between Okla and Neb.

His bowling announcing was terrific (seriously)