John Carlson (sportscaster)

Brig.-Gen. John Warren Carlson (December 17, 1933 – April 5, 2016) was an American military officer and sportscaster.^[1][2]

Carlson called New England Patriots games from 1980 to 1986, New England Whalers from 1972 to 1975, Boston College Eagles football and Basketball on TV and Radio from 1987 to 1989, and Minnesota Vikings games in 1990. Carlson was a sports talk show host at WEEI radio in Boston from 1976 to 1987 and at WRKO 1987–1990.^[3]

He died on April 5, 2016, at the age of 82 due to respiratory complications.

References

1. "Gowdy a Happy Patriots Rookie". Boston Globe. April 17, 1987. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2010. Gowdy replaces John Carlson who did playbyplay for the last seven seasons while the Patriots were on WEEI.
2. Pave, Marvin (April 29, 2016). "John Carlson, retired brigadier general who was a New England Patriots announcer, dies at 82". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
3. "Former Patriots radio announcer John Carlson has died". Boston.com. April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2018.