Ray Scott (sportscaster)

Ray Eugene Scott (June 17, 1919 – March 23, 1998) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcasts for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).

Scott's famous minimalist style was evident in his call of Lou Johnson's home run that broke a scoreless tie and proved to be the game winner ("Kaat's pitch, uh-oh, it's a long fly down the left field line.

After Sandy Koufax struck out his tenth hitter for the final out of the series, Scott stated "every pitcher likes to end a game with a strikeout.

He was subsequently employed as a local radio announcer by the Kansas City Chiefs (1974–75), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976–77), and Minnesota Vikings (1978–82).

Scott also served as a narrator for the NFL Films Game of the Week in the 1970s and called play-by-play of Phoenix Suns basketball in 1974–75, syndicated broadcasts of Penn State football from 1975–81, the USFL's Arizona Wranglers in 1983 and 1984, and the Portland Breakers in the 1985 season.

In 1988, Scott was one of several veteran announcers to call some September NFL telecasts for NBC, while many of the network's regular broadcasters were working at that year's Summer Olympics in Seoul.

From 1986 to 1988, he called the annual Peach Bowl game for the Mizlou Television Network; at the same time, he was a sportscaster at KTVK in Phoenix, having wintered in Arizona since 1968.

He was survived by his second wife, Bonnie, and his first wife, Eda and their five children, including a son Patrick Scott, who resides in Ramsey County, Minnesota and broadcasts with Sheriff Bob Fletcher during their "Live On Patrol" podcast that streams on Facebook and YouTube each Friday night.