Public documentation of KCSU Awards began on November 16, 2022 by General Manager, Asher Korn. The following are files recorded starting in 2000 and may be incomplete. Further research will.
training and they signed him for the iberian cardinals. after one game, they crdropped him. in fact, he was dropped twice before his 19th birthday and it would be nine years in the minor leagues and a repeat of service in iberia before the big leagues in pittsburgh. there after just four season it all ended with an arm injury. to nellie king started out at the bottom again in radio sports reporting, not network, in the pittsburgh suburbs. after seven year os-that grunt work, back to the pirates and their play by play team in 1967. new and fickle management put an end to that in 1976 so he startedstart ed anew, again, as a basketball announcer and later golf coach at duquesne university. he was still there as of 2004. through all of these ups and counts, the stuff that would make you and i blanch, he loved all of it. it shines through in a book he wrote last year, happiness is like a cur dog, that i ve
leagues and a repeat of service in iberia before the big leagues in pittsburgh. there after just four seasons it all ended with an arm injury. to nellie king started out at the bottom again in radio sports reporting, not network, in the pittsburgh suburbs. after seven years of that grunt work, back to the pirates and their play by play team in 1967. new and fickle management put an end to that in 1976 so he start anew, again, as a basketball announcer and later golf coach at duquesne university. he was still there as of 2004. through all of these ups and downs, the stuff that would make you and i blanch, he loved all of it. along with his wife and daughters. that is amy there with him. it shines through in a book he wrote last year, happiness is like a cur dog, that i ve recommended to you before. he was a testament to hard work, perseverance, and the indefatigability of the human spirit. he died this morning at the age of 82. i talked to him saturday, and we
would be nine years of struggle in the minor leagues and the service, even a repeat trip to new iberia before he got to the big leagues in pittsburgh. and there after just four seasons it all ended with an arm injury. so nellie king started out at the bottom, again, in radio sports reporting. not network, not big-time, local radio stations in the pittsburgh suburbs. after seven years of that grunt work, back to the pirates and their play-by-play team in 1967. new and fickle management put an end to that in 1976, so he started anew, again, as the sports information director, basketball announcer and later golf coach at duquesne university. he was still there as of 2004. and through all of these ups and downs, the stuff that would make you and i blanch, he loved every minute of it. along with his wife and three daughters. that s amy with him. it shines through in a book he wrote last year called happiness is like a cur dog, which i have recommended to you before. nellie king was a livi