BILL KIRBY JR., ASSISTANT Sports Editor
Friday, September 13, 1991
DAYS
Thursday night, the Mouth returned to the South.
Bill Currie left 'em laughing.
And doing some thinking.
"The first thing I'd do if I were in charge is dissolve the National Collegiate Athletic Association," said Currie, former radio voice of the University of North Carolina who was guest speaker of the Fayetteville Sports Club. "This is a cancer on college sports. If you want to do something good for society, get rid of the NCAA."
A native of High Point, the 66-year-old former sportscaster gained notoriety in from 1962 to 1971 as the play-by-play announcer for Tar Heel athletics - most notably for his wry wit and anything-goes tongue while calling UNC basketball games.
"I had the best job in the world," Currie said after his 45-minute talk to about 50 sports club members at the De LaFayette Restaurant.
http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/m...cle_e9b09af7-de37-53aa-886f-183d22efa9e8.html
Another famous Bill Currie quote:
One of Currie’s more memorable lines occurred during his broadcast of N.C. State’s 12-10 win against Duke during the 1968 ACC basketball tournament in Charlotte. In the days before the shot clock, neither team forced the action. The halftime score was Duke 4, N.C. State 2.
Currie advised listeners that the action was about as exciting as “artificial insemination.”
Friday, September 13, 1991
DAYS
Thursday night, the Mouth returned to the South.
Bill Currie left 'em laughing.
And doing some thinking.
"The first thing I'd do if I were in charge is dissolve the National Collegiate Athletic Association," said Currie, former radio voice of the University of North Carolina who was guest speaker of the Fayetteville Sports Club. "This is a cancer on college sports. If you want to do something good for society, get rid of the NCAA."
A native of High Point, the 66-year-old former sportscaster gained notoriety in from 1962 to 1971 as the play-by-play announcer for Tar Heel athletics - most notably for his wry wit and anything-goes tongue while calling UNC basketball games.
"I had the best job in the world," Currie said after his 45-minute talk to about 50 sports club members at the De LaFayette Restaurant.
http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/m...cle_e9b09af7-de37-53aa-886f-183d22efa9e8.html
Another famous Bill Currie quote:
One of Currie’s more memorable lines occurred during his broadcast of N.C. State’s 12-10 win against Duke during the 1968 ACC basketball tournament in Charlotte. In the days before the shot clock, neither team forced the action. The halftime score was Duke 4, N.C. State 2.
Currie advised listeners that the action was about as exciting as “artificial insemination.”
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