He served as radio play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Rainiers from 1957 to 1958, having succeeded Leo Lassen in that role.
[2] Belcher was born November 4, 1920, in Berkeley, California[3] He attended Humboldt State College, where he was a star basketball player.
[4] Belcher began his sports broadcasting career in 1946 with KMO radio in Tacoma, Washington.
[5] He returned to the State of Washington in 1954 where he was a sports broadcaster on KOL radio in Seattle.
[4][6] Belcher later worked for more than 10 years as a public information officer for the State of Washington Highway Department.