Global Information Lookup Global Information

Billy Packer information


Billy Packer
Born
Anthony William Paczkowski

February 25, 1940
Wellsville, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 2023 (aged 82)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materWake Forest University
OccupationSports commentator
Years active1972–2008
Spouse
Barbara Ann Sucansky
(m. 1961; died 2022)
Children3
Sports commentary career
GenrePlay-by-play
SportNCAA March Madness
EmployerNBC Sports (1974–1981)
CBS Sports (1981–2008)

Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski; February 25, 1940 – January 26, 2023) was an American college basketball player, sportscaster, and author. Packer spent more than three decades working as a color analyst for television coverage of college basketball.

and 20 Related for: Billy Packer information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8591 seconds.)

Billy Packer

Last Update:

Anthony William Packer (born Anthony William Paczkowski; February 25, 1940 – January 26, 2023) was an American college basketball player, sportscaster...

Word Count : 1876

List of CBS Sports college basketball commentators

Last Update:

Steve Kerr (2011–2014) Al McGuire (1992–1999) Ann Meyers Reggie Miller Billy Packer (1981–2008) Digger Phelps (1991–1993) Rick Pitino (2000–2001) George...

Word Count : 1842

College Basketball on NBC Sports

Last Update:

that the first time that he worked with Billy Packer was on a UCLA-Maryland game in 1974. Meanwhile, Packer's book Hoops says that the first time these...

Word Count : 4061

1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

Last Update:

Dick Enberg, and Billy Packer - Final Four at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dick Enberg and Billy Packer called the first game while Packer teamed with Curt...

Word Count : 812

College Basketball on CBS Sports

Last Update:

Billy Packer away from NBC to be its top analyst (teaming with play-by-play announcer Gary Bender, and later Brent Musburger and Jim Nantz). Packer also...

Word Count : 5808

1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

Last Update:

Gowdy, and Billy Packer - Final Four at Atlanta, Georgia; For the Final Four, Dick Enberg and Billy Packer called the first game while Packer teamed with...

Word Count : 1141

1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

Last Update:

Enberg/Curt Gowdy, Billy Packer,and Al McGuire – Final Four at St. Louis, Missouri; Gowdy called the Notre Dame-Duke Semifinal with Billy Packer, and served...

Word Count : 1075

William Packer

Last Update:

in the English Civil War William F. Packer (1807–1870), governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861 Billy Packer (born 1940), American sportscaster This...

Word Count : 75

Jim Nantz

Last Update:

play-by-play role on the NCAA Final Four men's basketball finals, working with Billy Packer (1991-2008), Clark Kellogg (2009-2013), Steve Kerr (2011-2014), and Greg...

Word Count : 2585

Verne Lundquist

Last Update:

Gary Danielson Tracy Wolfson Bill Raftery Terry Bradshaw John Madden Billy Packer Dan Fouts Randy Cross Jim Spanarkel Dan Dierdorf Pat Haden Lesley Visser...

Word Count : 4257

Clark Kellogg

Last Update:

team's ability to score points in quick succession. Kellogg replaced Billy Packer as CBS' lead basketball game analyst beginning in the 2008–2009 college...

Word Count : 1039

1979 NCAA Division I basketball championship game

Last Update:

NBC. Announcing duties were performed by Dick Enberg, Al McGuire, and Billy Packer, while the halftime show was hosted by Bryant Gumbel. The Nielsen ratings...

Word Count : 2604

1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

Last Update:

the way to the Final Four. * – Denotes overtime period Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire – Final Four at Salt Lake City, Utah Dick Enberg and...

Word Count : 1291

NBA on CBS

Last Update:

Billy Cunningham, and Hubie Brown all worked NCAA Regional rounds during years when they also served as the lead NBA analyst for CBS. Billy Packer worked...

Word Count : 9246

1980 NCAA Division I basketball tournament

Last Update:

only with the removal of any UCLA wins from all records. Dick Enberg, Billy Packer, and Al McGuire – Mideast Regional Final at Lexington, Kentucky; Midwest...

Word Count : 861

Tour DuPont

Last Update:

the United States to the basketball commentator and entrepreneur Billy Packer. Packer originally planned to call the race the Tour de Jersey. He approached...

Word Count : 3150

William Tell Overture

Last Update:

Chuck Crabb said the tradition began in about 1979 or 1980. Sportscaster Billy Packer called it "the greatest college timeout in the country". Classical music...

Word Count : 1713

Deaths in January 2023

Last Update:

("Do You Wanna Make Love", "Right Time of the Night") and musician. Billy Packer, 82, American sports broadcaster and analyst (ACC, NCAA Final Four),...

Word Count : 20746

Al McGuire

Last Update:

for NBC Sports and CBS Sports. McGuire's on-air banter with colleague Billy Packer helped increase the popularity of college basketball across the United...

Word Count : 2529

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Last Update:

Bubas [2] 2008 Jim Phelan, Nolan Richardson Arnie Ferrin, Danny Manning Billy Packer, Dick Vitale [3] 2009 Gene Bartow, Jud Heathcote Travis Grant, Wayman...

Word Count : 332

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net