South Carolina Sportscasters: The Best Of The Best

Lee W. by Correspondent Written on June 09, 2009
CLEMSON, SC - NOVEMBER 25:  Jasper Brinkley #52 of the South Carolina Gamecocks sacks quarterback Will Proctor #14 of the Clemson Tigers during an NCAA football game at Memorial Stadium November 25, 2006 in Clemson, South Carolina. South Carolina won 31-28.  (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
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mall;">Bob Fulton,the future "Voice of the Gamecocks," moved to Columbia, SC in 1952 after two jobs commentating baseball in Hornell, New York (1951) and Pueblo, Colo. (1950.) He was also the play-by-play man for Arkansas Razorbacks football and basketball games from 1940-1949, and a coach in the Little Rock School system during that period of time. In 1952, WNOK and the Columbia Reds semi-pro baseball team needed a commentator, and Bob was asked to do the task. The Ridley Park, Pa. native and Ozarks University graduate with a major in speech also was asked to do the play-by play commentating for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team in 1952. 

Bob Fulton, one of the most celebrated Gamecocks to never step foot on the field, would stay with the Gamecocks until 1994, despite working with Georgia Tech football commentating in 1965-1966. He also commentated the Columbia Reds baseball club every season until it stopped operations. He worked for the gamecocks over 43 years no matter if it was a statewide radio broadcast, regional TV telecast, or nationally televised spectacle. He worked Gamecock football, basketball, and even baseball beginning in 1974.

A year earlier, in 1973, the South Carolina Legislature started to stack with honoring with outstanding service to the state for sports commentating. Bob nationally informed listeners on radio in the then prestigious Bluebonnet, Gator, and Sun Bowls. He nationally commentated these bowls a total of six times. He is one of the only non- athletes in the USC Athletic hall of fame. 

Vote Now! - Author Poll

Who was the best Palmetto State sportscaster?

  • Bob Fulton
  • Jim Phillips
  • Pete Yainty
  • Charlie McAlexander
  • Mike Morgan
  • Phil Kornblutt
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Results - Author Poll

Who was the best Palmetto State sportscaster?

  • Bob Fulton

    25.5%
  • Jim Phillips

    6.4%
  • Pete Yainty

    4.3%
  • Charlie McAlexander

    51.1%
  • Mike Morgan

    10.6%
  • Phil Kornblutt

    2.1%
  • Total votes: 47
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