Bob Starr (sportscaster)

Starr's first TV job was as a sports anchor on WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois, where he also broadcast basketball games for Bradley University.

In 1971 Starr left Boston to begin work as sports director for KTVU television in Oakland, California.

In 1990, Starr returned to Boston to replace Ken Coleman on Red Sox radio.

Starr would spend three years with the Red Sox before returning to call Rams and Angels games.

Starr died at his home in Orange, California, August 3, 1998 of respiratory failure and pulmonary fibrosis.