Radio and television personality, outdoor sports television pioneer, professional fisherman and outdoorsman, noted fishing lure designer
Known for
Host of the fishing and outdoor sports television show The Sportsman's Friend
Spouse
Bonnie Ruth Ensley
Children
4
Harold Edward Ensley (November 20, 1912 – August 24, 2005) was an American radio and television personality best known for his television program The Sportsman's Friend. His innovative, nationally syndicated program was one of the first to feature fishing and hunting, and ran nonstop for 48 years. Harold Ensley earned the title: "World Champion of Freshwater Sport Fishing" by winning "The World Series of Freshwater Sport Fishing", the first major fishing tournament by Sports Illustrated, in 1960. He has been inducted into the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, the Kansas Association of Broadcaster's Hall Of Fame, Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame, the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. He has won numerous awards for hunting, fishing, and broadcasting. As a noted lure designer, he contributed to the development of modern sport fishing lures. He also marketed his own line of fishing rods, reels and various fishing accessories, and wrote two books, Winds of Chance and Wings of Chance, which recount some of his life's adventures outdoors.[1][2][3]
^Ensley, Harold (2002) Winds of Chance Leathers Publications. ISBN 9781585971312.
^Harold Ensley; show on fishing ran for 48 years The Boston Globe, 26 August 2005.
^Sportsman's Friend' Ensley dies at 92 Bass Pro Shops Forum, 28 August 2005.
Harold Edward Ensley (November 20, 1912 – August 24, 2005) was an American radio and television personality best known for his television program The Sportsman's...
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Zaharias. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06593-4. Klawans, Harold L. (1996). 'Why Michael Couldn't Hit and Other Tales of the Neurology of...
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5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight: 188 lb (85 kg) Career information High school: Ensley (AL) College: Tennessee Tech Undrafted: 1999 Career history As a player:...
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