Claude Howard Sullivan (December 29, 1924 – December 6, 1967) was an American sports broadcaster. Born in

Winchester, Kentucky Winchester is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 18,368 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winchester is located ro ...

, he did the play-by-play broadcasts of the

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football and

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games for nearly 20 years. He was associated with Lexington

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WVLK, and was appointed director of programming by the station in addition to his sports broadcasting duties. In 1964, he was hired to work alongside of Baseball Hall of Fame

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as broadcaster of the Cincinnati Reds'

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games. When Hoyt retired in 1965, Sullivan took over the primary play-by-play responsibilities. But after two years, Sullivan was diagnosed with

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, and he died on December 6, 1967, at the age of 42.

References

External links

Guide to the Claude Sullivan Collection of Athletic Publications, 1964-1967
housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center 1924 births 1967 deaths American radio sports announcers Cincinnati Reds announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Kentucky Wildcats football announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters People from Winchester, Kentucky Radio personalities from Kentucky {{US-radio-bio-stub