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532:"Florida in a stand-up five, they may or may not blitz, they won't. Buck back. Third down on the 8. In trouble. Got a block behind him. Going to throw on the run. Complete to the 25, to the 30. Lindsay Scott 35, 40. Lindsay Scott 45, 50, 45, 40. Run Lindsay! Twenty-five, 20, 15, 10, 5. Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott! ... Well, I can't believe it. 92 yards and Lindsay really got in a footrace, I broke my chair, I came right through a chair, a metal STEEL chair with about a five inch cushion ... Do you know what is gonna happen here tonight? And up at 449:
almost always referred to the Bulldogs as "we." However, despite his open and unashamed homerism, he generally espoused a dour or pessimistic view of the team. For that reason, his broadcasts were considered among the modern generation of sportscasters as not only acceptable, but sometimes even more authentic than contemporary sportscasting. His unique turns of phrase – which were virtually always made offhand – became a part of Bulldog fan vernacular.
506:"Appleby! The end around! Just stopped, planted his feet and threw it! And Washington caught it. Thinking of Montreal and the Olympics, and ran out of his shoes down the middle - 80 yards! Gator Bowl! Rocking! Stunned! The girders are bending now! Look at the score!"---calling Bulldog tight end Richard Appleby's 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gene Washington against Florida in 1975. 570:"We hand it off to Herschel, there's a hole....5....10...12, he's running over people! Oh, you Herschel Walker!...My God Almighty, he ran right through two men! Herschel ran right over two men! They had him dead away inside the 9. Herschel Walker went 16 yards. He drove right over those orange shirts and is just driving and running with those big thighs. My God, a freshman!"---calling 588:"So we'll try to kick one a hundred thousand miles. We're holding it on our own 49-and-a-half ... gonna try to kick it sixty yards plus a foot-and-a-half ... and Butler kicked a long one ... a long one ... Oh my God! Oh my God! ... The stadium is worse than bonkers! Eleven seconds, I can't believe what he did! This is ungodly!"---calling 396:. His engineer for many years was L.H. Christian, the owner of WRFC radio, who ran the audio board out of personal interest and for fun; Christian was sometimes joined by Larry Melear or Everett Langford as engineer for the sports broadcasts. Munson continued to live in Nashville until 1978 when he moved to metro 33: 448:
Munson's gravelly voice was one of the most distinctive in all of U.S. sports announcing and was regarded as endearing by Georgia Bulldog fans. Unlike many of his peers, Munson avoided any pretense of journalistic objectivity or accuracy during his broadcasts. He was an unabashed Bulldog fan who
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and required emergency surgery. After undergoing rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, his family announced that he would be returning to call the home games in the fall of 2008. However, on September 22, 2008, Munson and his family announced that he would be retiring from the booth
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to express his interest in the Georgia job, and Munson was hired shortly thereafter. Athens radio station WRFC held the broadcast contract and was the parent station for the Georgia Bulldogs. After announcing Braves games for the first two months of the baseball season, Munson returned to
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Munson married twice and had four sons: David (b. 1951) and Thomas (b. 1953) with first wife Kathryn Stevens Nunnally, and Michael (b. 1973) and Jonathan (b. 1976) with second wife Martha 'Butch' Simmons. Between marriages, Munson dated
602:"Our hearts they was torn out and bleeding, we picked it up and we stuck it back inside. I can't believe this. We won 27-24, and at the end we had no business winning this game."---calling the last minute UGA win over Ga Tech in 1997. 440:, Athens), 1982 (Georgia Network, Atlanta), 2002 (WSB) as the Georgia Sportscaster of the year. In 2007, Munson was presented with an honorary varsity letter from the University of Georgia for his contributions to Bulldog football. 206:. Upon leaving the military, he spent all $ 200 of his mustering-out pay to enroll in a Minneapolis radio broadcasting school. His first job was at a Minneapolis arena announcing the names of boxers and wrestlers for $ 15 a week. 400:, after joining the Georgia Radio Network as a reporter. Munson moved to Athens in 1997. On September 22, 2008, Larry announced his retirement from being the play-by-play announcer for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. 457:
Approaching his 85th birthday in 2007, Munson was in failing health and planned to call only UGA home games that season. Prior to the 2007 season, Munson had missed only one game as announcer, a 34–3 loss to
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for four days? MAN, is there gonna be some property destroyed tonight! 26 to 21, Dawgs on top! We were gone. I gave up, you did too. We were out of it and gone. Miracle!"---calling wide receiver
559:"Hunker down, you guys! If you didn't hear me, you guys, hunker down!...I know I'm asking a lot, you guys, but hunker it down one more time!"---calling a defensive series late in the game against 513:! We just stuffed them with five seconds left! My God Almighty, did you see what he did? David Greene just straightened up and we snuck the fullback over! … we just stepped on their face with a 595:"Man, we've had some shots, haven't we? Snap to David Greene, there he goes again in the corner and we jump up....Touchdown! Oh, God, a touchdown! In the corner with 85 seconds..."---calling 1296: 2284: 2324: 2259: 1328: 494:
Munson died in Athens on November 20, 2011, after complications from pneumonia. Some 3,500 fans attended a tribute ceremony at Sanford Stadium on December 10, 2011.
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games to its schedule as well with Munson as the broadcaster. Munson, along with local sportsman Herman Waddell, created a local television show about
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announcer in 1948, he recommended Munson again to replace him in Oklahoma City. Gowdy would later become a national sportscaster for
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during the week. During 1973, Munson was for a brief period news anchor for a rival Nashville TV station, WSIX-TV, now
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baseball team and successfully recommended Munson as his replacement for the Wyoming Cowboys job. When Gowdy became a
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From Herschel to a Hobnail Boot, The Life and Times of Larry Munson (Authorized Biography by Tony Barnhart)
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games with himself as the announcer. The basketball broadcasts were immediately successful, and WSM added
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for Nashville's WSM-TV, and prepare for his new role with the Bulldogs. For many years after joining the
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substituted. Munson also called the Georgia-Georgia Tech game which was at Georgia Tech in 2007.
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for the weekend football games from his home in Nashville so that he could continue producing
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awarded Munson its state-based Sportscaster of the Year Award on multiple occasions: 1960 (
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Munson has received numerous awards honoring his accomplishments. In 2003, he received the
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What it means to be a Bulldog: Vince Dooley, Mark Richt, and Georgia's greatest players
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and purchased peanuts from a vendor in the stands, much to Munson's on-air amusement.
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games from 1966 to 2008. He also handled the play-by-play for UGA basketball and
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finished out the season calling all games on the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network.
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effective immediately. The road crew of Scott Howard and former UGA quarterback
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and broke their nose! We just crushed their face!"—calling Bulldog quarterback
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The first year the Braves were in Atlanta, the television broadcasts were on
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for the Associated Broadcasting System. Later in 1946, Gowdy took a job in
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franchise. The next day, Munson called Georgia athletics director
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and all those places where all those Dawg people have got those
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on October 6, 1990: he was recuperating from back surgery and
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Munson also provided the voice of God in an episode of the
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Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons men's basketball players
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Munson broadcast in Oklahoma until 1952 when he moved to
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radio broadcasts and hosted sports-related talk shows.
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Tony Barnhart, Ed., ed. (2004). "Honorable Mention".
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Personal recollection, Bill Andrew (EWA Consultants)
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C.E. McDonald (1946-01-01), Radio 'Round The Clock,
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He was single at the time of his death. 322:, after moving from Milwaukee to Atlanta. 31: 1161:"Bulldogs' voice Larry Munson dies at 89" 1112: 1106: 469:In the spring of 2008, Munson suffered a 403: 2345:Roosevelt High School (Minnesota) alumni 2320:United States Football League announcers 1234:Hix, Tim (2006). "The Legendary Voice". 823: 673:Hix, Tim (2006). "The Legendary Voice". 443: 233:. On January 1, 1946, Munson called the 167: 876: 796: 781: 723: 677:. Morris Book Publishing. p. 154. 663: 308:(now WSMV), a local Nashville station. 2275:Georgia Bulldogs basketball announcers 2232: 1184: 1135: 1113:Schlabach, Mark (September 21, 2007). 634: 286:Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball 217:, Munson moved on to AM radio station 2222:National championship seasons in bold 1310: 1158: 1080: 998: 966: 844: 760: 697: 2270:Georgia Bulldogs football announcers 2295:National Football League announcers 1233: 1219:: Triumph Books. pp. 356–359. 1185:Sarrio, Jaime (December 10, 2011). 1001:"Former Bulldogs selected for Hall" 999:Smits, Garry (September 28, 2004). 829: 805: 787: 754: 732: 672: 574:'s first touchdown run against the 376:Nashville in June 1966 to continue 318:team hired Munson as part of their 182:Minnesota State University Moorhead 13: 2300:Mass media people from Minneapolis 2280:Major League Baseball broadcasters 1189:. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 1159:Ching, David (November 21, 2011). 1140:. 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