DOGGETT, DODGERS BROADCASTER, DIES.Byline: Daily News Jerry Doggett Jerry Doggett (September 14, 1916[1] – July 7, 1997[2]) broadcast Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games from 1956 to 1987. Early days Doggett was born in Moberly, Missouri, USA and began his announcing career in Texas. , a Dodgers broadcaster in Brooklyn and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for 32 years, died Monday of natural causes. He was 80. Doggett, who broadcast his first game in 1956 and retired after the 1987 season, worked with Vin Scully For the American architecture historian, see . Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927, in The Bronx, New York) is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball teams. , Connie Desmond, Al Helfer and Ross Porter, among others. ``He's one of my closest friends in the world and the best partner anyone could ever have,'' said Scully, a member of the broadcasters' wing of the Hall of Fame. ``I will miss him forever.'' Doggett began his career as program director for Stadium KFRO in Longview, Texas. In 1941, he moved to WRR See traffic engineering methods. in Dallas, where he was play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Rebels of the Texas League for 15 years. During those years, he also did play-by-play on the Game of the Week for Liberty Broadcasting and assignments in football, basketball and hockey. He announced Southwest Conference football games from 1942 to 1956 and later called the action at the Cotton and Sugar bowls. He announced Southern Methodist basketball games from 1946 to 1956 and worked the Game of the Week for Sports Network TV. His hockey experience included play-by-play for the Dallas team in the U.S. Hockey League. After coming to Los Angeles, he worked on telecasts of the Los Angeles Blades in the Western Hockey League
Doggett also announced basketball on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , the 1959 Ryder Cup Golf Tournament for television, the 1961 Major League All-Star Game on radio and various other specials and sports shows. He was a charter member of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association and was elected to the SCSBA SCSBA South Carolina School Boards Association Hall of Fame last year. Scully was his presenter. Doggett studied at Northwestern University. He began his broadcasting career following three years in the Navy. Doggett, who lived in San Jose, is survived by his wife, Jodie, their daughter, Sandra (Greenawalt), son-in-law Haven and granddaughter Paige (Ascione). The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home in Morgan Hill, Calif. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Vin Scully, left, and Jerry Doggett were longtime partners in the Dodgers broadcast booth. Doggett died of natural causes on Monday at 80. Daily News File Photo |
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