Can anyone identify this man?

[earl77]

 

[earl77]

"malfunction at the junction"

 

[earl77]

"he had to peel it and eat it"

 

[WorsterMan]

I've seen the photo before but I don't recall who he is... clues don't help me.

Solve the mystery Earl.

 

[earl77]

Kern Tips

 

[earl77]

 

[WorsterMan]

Of course.... Kern Tips was so allsome !!! Unique and such a pleasant & interesting broadcast style describing what he saw on the field.

I have forgotten many of his funny quotes and quips...

I remember listening to him broadcast UT games on the Humble Radio Network on my tiny transistor radio in the early to mid-60's. By the late 60's he had retired or the network moved on to someone else? Don't really remember why Tips faded out of the picture... maybe you know?

 

[earl77]

Passed away at age 62 from cancer in 1967.
TIPS, KERN (1904–1967).Kern Tips, sportscaster, son of Robert and Mary (Kern) Tips, was born on August 23, 1904, in Houston. He was married to Nancy Tucker, and they had two children. Tips received his college education at Texas A&M and at Rice Institute. While studying at Rice he was a sports reporter for the Houston Chronicle from 1924 through 1926, when he became sports editor of that newspaper, and he served in that capacity through 1934. His association with radio began as a sportscaster in 1926 and later as a newscaster in 1930. He served as general manager of Houston radio station KPRC from 1935 through 1946. On January 1, 1947, Tips joined the advertising agency of Wilkinson-Schiwetz and Tips. In September 1954, when the firm merged with McCann-Erickson, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, Tips became a vice president of that firm. In September 1966 he retired from service with McCann-Erickson and embarked on a "fourth career" as producer and narrator of a syndicated series of five-minute sports radio shows broadcast throughout the Southwest. He continued in the activity through June 1967, a short time before his death. Tips was perhaps best known as the "Voice of the Southwest Conference," having spent thirty-two years broadcasting Southwest Conference football games. During that period he was associate producer and narrator of Humble Oil and Refining Company's "Southwest Conference Highlights." His voice was beamed around the world through the facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service network. Tips served as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Broadcasters from 1939 to 1940, as a member of the NBC Affiliates Council in 1941, as an advisor to the Office of War Information during World War II, and as director of Civilian Defense of Houston and Harris County, 1943–45. In 1959 he was selected as the man who had contributed most to radio and television in Texas in the first annual award of the Association of Broadcasting Executives in Texas. He was recipient of the only award ever made by the Southwest Football Officials Association for distinguished service to the sport. He was voted Texas Sportscaster of the Year in a national poll, an honor he was accorded five consecutive years, and he received many other testimonials and awards from clubs, associations, and educational institutions. Tips was the author of Footba

 

[SabreHorn]

The best there ever was. Games were rarely, if ever, on TV, but Kern Tipps brought it to life over The Humble Network.

Just a little bit of real estate
Right up Broadway
Makin blueberry muffins outa mud pies
Just a little bit of daylight

 

[LousianaHorn]

The best there ever was. Games were rarely, if ever, on TV, but Kern Tipps brought it to life over The Humble Network.

Just a little bit of real estate
Right up Broadway
Makin blueberry muffins outa mud pies
Just a little bit of daylight

I can remember ..........."he saddles him up and rides him out of bounds"
Connie Alexander was pretty good also and I remember him more as Kern was almost gone from the Airwaves by the time I remember.

1948 SWC highlight film with Kern Tips

 

[WorsterMan]

Ah, I remember he frequently said "in a jiffy"

 

[SabreHorn]

It was never "Tommy Crutcher", but always "Mista Crutcha"

 

[yelladawgdem]

"The track is fast and the sky is dry!"

 

[huisache]

I heard him once call the ball an oblate spheroid

razorbacks rooted and recovered the fumble.

 

[WorsterMan]

For some reason, I remember him verbally describing mid 60's players like: Marvin Kristynik, Nobis, Joel Brame, Linus Baer, Phil Harris...