RIP Bob Trumpy

[HanSenSE]

Original Bengal who moved into the broadcast booth as well as doing a show on WLW.

Bengals Mourn Loss of Bob Trumpy

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Loved listening to his radio show back in the day. Maybe because I was in high school.

 

[Bud_Bundy]

Pre-internet, I did a story in my newspaper about the sports talk shows you could pick up at night. I called WLW, expecting to get a producer or somebody. To my surprise, Trumpy himself answered and we had a nice chat about his show. Surprised me completely.

 

[Chef2]

Him and Criqui were very very good together.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Him and Criqui were very very good together.

Two guys whose names sounded like adjectives.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Him and Criqui were very very good together.

The sounds of the 1 PM window on NBC. Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen were the get-your-homework-done sounds of the 4 PM window.

 

[MileHigh]

Him and Criqui were very very good together.

Very good. Did many Orange Bowls.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Merlin Olsen spent some OB duty as well.

 

[MileHigh]

Merlin Olsen spent some OB duty as well.

Maybe once or twice for Merlin in Miami. He's more synonymous with Granddaddy. Enberg a few more times in Miami. Trumpy had at least double-figure games on the Orange Bowl.

 

[Huggy]

Very good. Did many Orange Bowls.

The soundtrack of New Year's night.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

The sounds of the 1 PM window on NBC. Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen were the get-your-homework-done sounds of the 4 PM window.

One of my favorite things about this board is that, despite our varied levels of education and work experience, so many of us have had a shared experience. I hear Charlie Jones voice and I'm in the game room of our old house in White Oak, Pa. on a Sunday, and its gray and miserable out as the sun fades (on the rare days that western Pennsylvania HAD sun) and I'm watching Jones live Jack Murphy Stadium where its sunny and everyone is in shirtsleeves.

 

[brn623cl]

For me Charlie Jones brings back "Intercepted Giftopolis!" and Fourth Down National Championship" from the 1987 Fiesta Bowl

 

[micropolitan guy]

Charlie Jones to me is AFL football.

Fascinating career. Grew up in Arkansas, played tennis and graduated from USC, then went to the U of Arkansas law school.

 

[BTExpress]

Jones also called MLB games. Was the Reds' radio voice in 1973 and 1974. Called Aaron's 714th HR.

 

[HanSenSE]

Jones also called MLB games. Was the Reds' radio voice in 1973 and 1974. Called Aaron's 714th HR.

Also did Rockies TV their first year with Duane Kuiper.

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

Completely this. And how the mind captures certain experiences even though they may not perfectly reflect reality, e.g. Don Criqui’s voice, I associate with Bengals or Browns games, Jones’ voice is connected to the AFC West, and **** Stockton — for so long the No. 2 or 3 at CBS and Fox — I tether with Vikings games, because it seemed for a long while like they always slid in with the backup crew, but never the low-end crews.

Criqui also had a late-career stage calling myriad Browns games for CBS when they were atrocious and he was on their No. 7/8 team. I believe he called NFL games on network TV for 47 consecutive years, although in the final years he had only spot duty. Possibly the only person who called a game involving Vince Lombardi and later called one featuring Gronk.

Anyway, sorry for the Criquijack.

One of my favorite things about this board is that, despite our varied levels of education and work experience, so many of us have had a shared experience. I hear Charlie Jones voice and I'm in the game room of our old house in White Oak, Pa. on a Sunday, and its gray and miserable out as the sun fades (on the rare days that western Pennsylvania HAD sun) and I'm watching Jones live Jack Murphy Stadium where its sunny and everyone is in shirtsleeves.

 

[Liut]

Late in his broadcasting career, Mr. Trumpy was screwed by Westwood One. That comment came from Joel Meyers before a college football game.
RIP, Mr. Trumpy. You were so good.