- Was a US Army Air Force fighter pilot in World War II.
- Curt Gowdy State Park is located in Wyoming [Exit 10d in Cheyenne, drive west 15 miles and look for signs].
- Father-in-law of actress Karen Morris Gowdy.
- Was the only play-by-play broadcaster to cover American Football League (AFL) games on both ABC & NBC during its 10-year existence.
- Recipient of the Pete Rozelle Award (which rewards exceptional longtime contributions to radio and TV in pro football) in 1993.
- Recipient of the Ford Frick Award (presented annually to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball") in 1984.
- Sportscaster for the New York Yankees (1949-1951) and Boston Red Sox (1951-1966).
- Gowdy has broadcast 13 World Series and 16 All-Star Games.
- Recipient of the National Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award in 1978.
- Recipient of the Curt Gowdy Award (awarded to members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball) in 1990.
- Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1985 with mentor Mel Allen and Jack Brickhouse.
- Has a daughter and two sons, 5 grandchildren.
- Inducted into the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Good friend and fishing partner of Ted Williams.
- First individual sports figure to win a Peabody Award for outstanding Journalism. Won 7 Emmys for sports coverage and 6 Emmys for his TV program The American Sportsman (1965).
- Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2005.
- The Basketball Hall of Fame's 1993 Curt Gowdy Media Award was posthumously awarded to Johnny Most, who replaced Gowdy in 1953 as the Boston Celtics' radio play-by-play man.
- Inducted into the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2003.
- Ranked #4 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time (January 2009).
- "Game of the Week" announcer (1967-1976).
- He is related to Joey Paul Gowdy.
- Enjoys fly-fishing and saltwater fly-fishing.
- Inducted into the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2004 (one of eight inaugural inductees).
- Inducted into the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 (one of 10 inaugural inductees).
- Inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Inducted into the Americal Football League Hall of Fame as a contributor.
- Inducted into the University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
- Inducted into the Jim Thorpe Association's Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Father of Curt Gowdy Jr..
- Received a 1969 George Foster Peabody Award for his television sports reporting, the first sportscaster so honored.
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