WJR: SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BOB UFER . . . OCTOBER 26, 1981

WJR RADIO 760    MIKE WHORF    OCTOBER 26, 1981

THE VOICE of MICHIGAN FOOTBALL REMEMBERED

TRIBUTE to BOB UFER

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WJR Mike Whorf 1981 (Press Photo)

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.

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WJR 760: A TRIBUTE TO BOB UFER. . . OCTOBER 31, 1981



 

WJR 760 * Mike Whorf * OCTOBER 31, 1981

 


 

 

THE VOICE of MICHIGAN FOOTBALL REMEMBERED

 

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Mike Whorf

Long known and since immortalized as ‘The Voice of Michigan Football,’ Bob Ufer served as the impassioned play-by-play broadcaster for Michigan Football games, his broadcasting career having spanned 36 years.

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 re-broadcast, Saturday, October 31. This special tribute to Bob Ufer was written, narrated and was produced by Mike Whorf, WJR.

 

 


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