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| November 29, 2007 | ||
| Murphy retires the voice of Stanford sports Palo Alto Online – 11/29/2007, 18:41 pm Share: Some say that Bob Murphy's passion is Stanford. That would be understating it. His passion is golf -- his life is Stanford. Murphy's love affair for Stanford began the day he was born in Stanford Hospital in 1931. | ||
| Murphy set to call final Big Game Saturday The Stanford Daily – 11/29/2007, 10:58 am The "Voice of Stanford" will call his last game this Saturday when the Cardinal takes on Cal in this year's much-anticipated Big Game. Bob Murphy '53, who has been calling Stanford football games since 1964, will retire from his position after this weekend's game Murphy's connection to the University started as early as it possibly could have: he was born at Stanford Hospital and grew up in nearby Burlingame. | ||
| November 28, 2007 | ||
| THE 110TH BIG GAME San Francisco Chronicle – 11/28/2007, 08:29 pm STANFORD, CA - Loud and clear - Murphy recalls highs from 43 years as on-air voice of Stanford football, basketball | ||
| November 27, 2007 | ||
| Murph's Cardinal Calls San Francisco Chronicle – 11/27/2007, 22:24 pm Stanford broadcaster Bob Murphy will call the final game of his 43-year career at Saturday's Big Game. Murphy, a 1953 Stanford graduate and member of the Stanford sports Hall of Fame, has been the on-air voice for football and men's basketball games since Bay Area broadcaster Don Klein convinced him to sit behind the mic at the Stanford-Notre Dame game in the fall of 1964. | ||
| Murphy set to make final Stanford pitch Mendocino Beacon – 11/27/2007, 04:57 am BOB MURPHY has invited friends to be on hand when he broadcasts the final Stanford football game of his illustrious career Saturday. The 76-year-old Burlingame native recalls the last time he brought a pal to the Big Game. | ||
| Purdy: Murphy's last hurrah San Jose Mercury News – 11/27/2007, 04:49 am Stanford Cardinal radio announcer Bob Murphy before their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif. on Saturday, November 24, 2007. | ||
| Stanford losing its longtime announcer Oakland Tribune – 11/27/2007, 03:29 am SAN FRANCISCO So Mr. Stanford, if we dare label him that, is about to step away, a symbol, a representative of everything college sports should always be and Bob Murphy always has been. | ||
| Murphy's last hurrah San Jose Mercury News – 11/27/2007, 02:19 am Stanford Cardinal radio announcer Bob Murphy before their game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif. on Saturday, November 24, 2007. |
