John Ward

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Just before he retired RT News interviewed him. He said that he was the Grand Marshall for a parade once; so he decided he was going to find some little ole lady in the crowd who looked as if she only comes down out of the mountains about once a year. He did see this type of lady in the crowd. He then made a point to give her eye contact to see what her reaction was, and when he did she yelled give em six!
 
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(rockytopinalabam @ Jul 22 said:
Just before he retired RT News interviewed him. He said that he was the Grand Marshall for a parade once; so he decided he was going to find some little ole lady in the crowd who looked as if she only comes down out of the mountains about once a year. He did see this type of lady in the crowd. He then made a point to give her eye contact to see what her reaction was, and when he did she yelled give em six!
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Go Vols!!
 
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(rockytopinalabam @ Jul 22 said:
Just before he retired RT News interviewed him. He said that he was the Grand Marshall for a parade once; so he decided he was going to find some little ole lady in the crowd who looked as if she only comes down out of the mountains about once a year. He did see this type of lady in the crowd. He then made a point to give her eye contact to see what her reaction was, and when he did she yelled give em six!
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I wonder what she would have said if that had been Bob Kesling? He's got a lot of work to do on his signature phrases.
 
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(oklavol @ Jul 22 said:
I wonder what she would have said if that had been Bob Kesling?
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She probably would have said "Sacked by Harys Parralson".
 
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I've had the pleasure of talking to Mr. Ward on a number of occasions. He is as classy and gracious a man as you'll ever meet.
 
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why couldnt he have been one of those guys you couldnt pay to retire? I miss his style...id as soon listen to netwoek tv guys call the game as Kesling.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jul 22 said:
I've had the pleasure of talking to Mr. Ward on a number of occasions. He is as classy and gracious a man as you'll ever meet.
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That's right on. He lived next door to my college roommate and I met him on a couple of occasions. Class act.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jul 23 said:
I've had the pleasure of talking to Mr. Ward on a number of occasions. He is as classy and gracious a man as you'll ever meet.
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I hope that wasn't during litigation.
 
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(oklavol @ Jul 22 said:
I hope that wasn't during litigation.
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Actually, Ed Balloff, who used to drive Mr. Ward to most of the road basketball games, is a good friend of mine. I had the pleasure of accompanying him to lunch with Mr. Ward on a few occasions.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jul 22 said:
I've had the pleasure of talking to Mr. Ward on a number of occasions. He is as classy and gracious a man as you'll ever meet.
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Hat, you're absolutely right. When I met him, I had a 1986 TN tag on the front of my car (GIVM6). I was driving around campus one day , and I saw John Ward walking between the frat houses and Gibbs. He walked right in front of me . He looked at it, and waved, and he pulled me over (he was walking), and he said, "Nice Tag." This happened about 1999. I thought I was soo cool to have a 1986 (they were blue and green back then) liscense plate that said GIVM6.
 
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(dan4vols @ Jul 22 said:
why couldnt he have been one of those guys you couldnt pay to retire? I miss his style...id as soon listen to netwoek tv guys call the game as Kesling.
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why couldndt have the volnation loved him a lil more. Its ok though.....it is dan4..........noy owb...lio...or gavol right?
 
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Not only do I miss "Give him Six" during football season, but who can forget when he'd say "bottoms" as a vol drained a shot on the basketball court.

I feel sorry for Bob Kessling because he had to follow the footsteps of such an unforgetable and remarkable announcer.
 
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Saw in today's KNS (or maybe it was yesterday) that John Ward had a hole-in-one at Green Meadows this past week. Short article said there was no word on whether or not he exclaimed, "BOTTOM!" when the ball disappeared into the cup!
 
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(DKG534 @ Jul 23 said:
Not only do I miss "Give him Six" during football season, but who can forget when he'd say "bottoms" as a vol drained a shot on the basketball court.

I feel sorry for Bob Kessling because he had to follow the footsteps of such an unforgetable and remarkable announcer.
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There were some great announcers before John Ward, too, weren't there?
 
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(Jasongivm6 @ Jul 23 said:
There were some great announcers before John Ward, too, weren't there?
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Lindsay Nelson was one of the all time greats. I vaguely remember him from the early 80s doing games on TBS.
 
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I went to school with a guy all my life that was named after JW. He is also John Ward. When the Vols' JW was retiring, our teachers would always ask him if he'd stick around a few more years. Oye.
 
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