Ray Scott (sportscaster)

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Ray Scott (born 1920 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; died March 23, 1998 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcasts for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

Scott began his broadcasting career on local radio in the late 1930s. His first NFL broadcasts came in 1953 over the DuMont Television Network; three years later he joined the Packers, and it was in Green Bay that his terse style of play-by-play developed its greatest following.

Scott was also the lead television and radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins from 1961 to 1966, calling the 1965 World Series on NBC television.

In 1967 Scott became lead NFL announcer for the CBS network; that year he broadcast the infamous Ice Bowl game as well as Super Bowl I, both of which involved the Packers. During his tenure with CBS he called four Super Bowls and nine NFL (later NFC) championship games.

CBS fired Scott in 1974, replacing him with Pat Summerall (who had been paired with Scott as a color commentator). He was subsequently employed by a number of NFL and MLB teams. Scott also broadcast college football, college basketball, and golf at various points in his career. He also teamed with Patrick Ryan while doing high school and college football in and around Billings, Montana.

Scott was twice named National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, and was given regional awards by that organization 12 times in four different states. In 2000 he was posthumously given the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.