Jim Simpson facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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)

Jim Simpson (December 20, 1927 – January 13, 2016) 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.

For NBC: he called

• 1966 World Cup
• Super Bowl I
• American Football League
• National Football League
• College Basketball
• College Football/Notre Dame Football
• National Hockey League
• Tennis
• Major League Baseball
• Golf

For ESPN, Simpson called:

• College football
• College basketball
• United States Football League
• College baseball
• National Basketball Association

• 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