Ray Didinger

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Ray Didinger (born September 18, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an award-winning American sportswriter, author, film writer, radio co-host, TV commentator, and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Writer's Honor Roll).

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[edit] Early life and career

Born to Raymond and Marie Didinger, and raised in Folsom, Pennsylvania, Didinger graduated from St. James High School in 1964. He received a B.S. in Communications from Temple University in 1968. His nickname was Nauga, after the animated character used in commercials for Naugahyde. Ray spent four years doing sports radio for WRTI and served as the station's Sports Director.[1].

[edit] Author

Didinger co-authored The Eagles Encyclopedia with Robert S. Lyons in (2005). Along with Don Shula, he authored Football America: Celebrating Our National Passion. (1996). He also wrote The Super Bowl: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of America's Greatest Game. in 1990.

[edit] Radio

Ray Didinger co-hosts a popular radio show every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on WIP-AM in Philadelphia, along with Glen Macnow.

[edit] Sportswriter

Didinger covered the National Football League for The Philadelphia Bulletin, and later The Philadelphia Daily News for a total of 26 years.

[edit] Television

Didinger is currently a senior producer with NFL Films in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He has won four Emmy Awards for his work as a writer and producer on the weekly series NFL Films Presents and the Turner Network documentary Football America.[2]

He is also a color analyst on the television show Eagles Post Game Live

[edit] Personal

Didinger is married to Philadelphia magazine restaurant critic Maria Gallagher.[3]

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Broadcast Pioneers
  2. ^ Broadcast Pioneers
  3. ^ On The Air by Laura Nachman

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