Bob Starr

Bob Starr (Died August 3, 1998 in Orange, California) was an American sportscaster

Starr's career began calling high school and college basketball in Illinois. Starr's first TV job was as a sports anchor on WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois. In 1966, Starr was hired by WBZ radio when the station acquired the rights to Boston Patriots games. In 1972 Starr left Boston to call games for the St. Louis Cardinals football team and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. Starr would spend most of his career in Los Angeles where he called Los Angeles Rams games from 1979-1990 and California Angels games from 1980-1989. In 1990, Starr returned to Boston to replace the retiring Ken Coleman. Starr would spend three years with the Red Sox before returning to call Rams and Angels games. Steve Physioc would replace Starr on Rams radio in 1994 and Starr would retire from Angels radio in 1997.