WJR RADIO 76 * Mike Whorf * OCTOBER 26, 1981
THE VOICE of MICHIGAN FOOTBALL REMEMBERED
— TRIBUTE to BOB UFER —
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Long known and since immortalized as ‘The Voice of Michigan Football’, Bob Ufer was the impassioned play-by-play announcer for Michigan Football games, spanning across five decades.
According to WiKipedia, Ufer called Wolverines football on WPAG from 1945 to 1976 and on Detroit’s WJR from 1977 to 1981. In 1978, he was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.
Nine days after his last broadcast, Bob Ufer succumbed having lost his battle with cancer, Monday, October 26, 1981. He was 61.
This broadcast initially aired on WJR radio, Monday evening, October 26, 1981. It was later re-broadcast, Saturday, October 31. This special homage to Bob Ufer was written, narrated and was produced by Mike Whorf, WJR radio in Detroit.
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While the Saturday, October 31, 1981 tribute to Bob Ufer was previously featured three years ago on Motor City Radio Flashbacks (October 28, 2017), this site was able to obtain a stellar audio copy of this 1981 radio program from the WJR master tape, earlier this year.
On the very evening of Bob Ufer’s passing, this was the recording having first aired on WJR, 7:10 p.m., Monday, October 26, 1981.
