Bob Curtis, the legendary Voice
of the Vandals, has been chosen co-recipient of the National Football
Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame Chris Schenkel Award. Curtis, who
called 540 consecutive football games for Idaho and hundreds of basketball games
during a career that spanned more than 50 years, will be honored at a December
ceremony at New York.
Every year, The National Football Foundation & College Hall
of Fame presents an award to a sports broadcaster who has had a long and
distinguished career broadcasting college football. The award seeks to recognize
broadcasters with direct ties to college and universities rather than strictly
national broadcasters.
Given annually since 1996 during the College
Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival in South Bend, Ind., the award bears
the name of its first recipient, Chris Schenkel, whose life-long commitment to
excellence in broadcasting and longstanding association with The National
Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame reflect the achievements and
spirit the award embodies.