Jim Simpson

Jim Simpson
Jim Simpson
	Simpson in 1969
Born	December 20, 1927; Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	January 13, 2016 (aged 88); Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	sportscaster
Years active	1960s–1990s?
Awards	Sports Lifetime Achievement Award (1997); NSSA Hall of Fame (2000)

Jim Simpson (December 20, 1927 – January 13, 2016)^[1] was an American sportscaster. He worked for NBC Sports and later ESPN. He called Baltimore Orioles local telecasts in 1988. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.^[2]

For NBC: he called

For ESPN, Simpson called:

References

↑ Hall of Fame Sportscaster Jim Simpson of ESPN Early Days Dies. ESPN.com (January 13, 2016). Retrieved January 13, 2016.
↑ 2000-Jim Simpson. Retrieved September 27, 2012.

Voices of the Game by Curt Smith (Diamond Communications, Inc. 1987) ISBN 0-912083-21-2
Bud Wilkinson: An Intimate Portrait of an American Legend by Jay Wilkinson and Gretchen Hirsch (Sagamore Publishing 1994) ISBN 1-57167-001-7
Living a Dream by Dick Vitale (Sports Publishing 2003) ISBN 1-58261-738-4

Jim Simpson
Simpson in 1969
Born	(1927-12-20)December 20, 1927 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Died	January 13, 2016(2016-01-13) (aged 88) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	sportscaster
Years active	1960s–1990s?
Awards	Sports Lifetime Achievement Award (1997) NSSA Hall of Fame (2000)