Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Two Greats

 

We lost two greats last week.

One was Len Dawson.  He led the Kansas City Chief to a Super Bowl victory.  After he retired, it was a long career in network TV, local news, and radio.  In fact, Dawson is in the Hall of Fame as both a player and a broadcaster.

I don't remember Len Dawson as being particularly insightful, but he was a very likeable guy and with great gravitas.  Plus, Dawson was teamed with the legendary Charlie Jones for many seasons, and it's impossible to be bad when a pro like that is at your side.

Len Dawson was 87 years old.

Mark Driscoll also died last week.  He was known as "Mr. Voice."  There were radio DJ stops in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and several other cities.  He also voiced commercials and narrated countless projects.  I'll remember him for being the announcer on the 1989  version of the game show "Now You See It"

Driscoll died in Florida.  He was only 72 years old.