William Ervin "Dick" Risenhoover Jr. (February 15, 1927 – April 8, 1978) was the sportscaster for the Texas Rangers from 1972 to 1977.

Early life, education and army service

He attended

Childress High School Childress High School is a public high school located in Childress, Texas, Childress, Texas (United States, USA) and classified as a 3A school by the University Interscholastic League, UIL. It is part of the Childress Independent School District l ...

. He served in the

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from July 1945 to January 1947, where he played on the baseball team for

Fort MacArthur Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex ...

, California."Childress Man Star on Army Baseball Team"
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'', Fort Worth, Texas, 66th year, number 98, May 9, 1946, page 9. He played baseball and basketball at the

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, where he graduated in 1950 and was on the

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. He died of liver cancer at the age of 51.

References

External links

Mike Shannon's "Profile: Dick Risenhoover"
1927 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American journalists American male journalists American sports announcers Borger Gassers players Deaths from cancer in Texas Major League Baseball broadcasters Minor League Baseball broadcasters People from Childress, Texas Texas Longhorns baseball players Texas Rangers (baseball) announcers United States Army soldiers American military sports players {{US-journalist-1920s-stub