Seeking Name of Vol Announcer Who Preceded John Ward

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Farragut Flash

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He didn't have as long a run as John Ward but, as I recall, he was very good in his own way. I just can't remember his name. I'd like a little help with that.
 
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Mooney is almost certainly the man I had in mind. Lindsey Nelson was already a national announcer by then. Thanks for the help.
 
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Farragut Flash said:
He didn't have as long a run as John Ward but, as I recall, he was very good in his own way. I just can't remember his name. I'd like a little help with that.
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Yes, it was George Mooney....He was an outstanding play-by-play man, one of the best that I ever heard...I think he left because he had so many other business interests - one of those was as owner of a major radio station in Nashville....It's a shame that he didn't continue his broadcasting career but then we would not have had John Ward and all that he brought to Big Orange Country if that had happened...right?
 
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John Ward was already broadcasting basketball games. He took over football when George Mooney left after 1967. John Ward then both football and basketball for the next thirty years.
 
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WillisWG said:
Mooney with Bob Foxx doing color....
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yeah, as a small child I listened to Mooney and Foxx on the local radio station. When they announced their retirement I thought there was no one that could possibly replace them. That is the only time in my life I've been wrong :whistling:
 
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Yeah, it was real hard to listen to the Vol Network after Ward/Anderson retired...I just hope that Kesling decides he is tired of it so we can have somebody else.
 
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