Blean Calkins

Blean Anson Calkins (August 11, 1921 in Marshalltown, Iowa - March 16, 2003 in Muscatine, Iowa.

Calkins was a sports Radio Broadcaster for over 30 years. President of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association 1978-1981. Calkins served on the NSSA Board with such contemporaires as Curt Gowdy, Chris Schenkel, Keith Jackson and Ray Scott.

Broadcast Iowa Hawkeye college basketball and football home games along with Iowa High School athletics on KWPC radio station out of Muscatine, Iowa for over 30 years.

* Iowa Sportscaster in the year award: 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976
* He Received the News Media Award in 1982 from the Iowa High School Athletcis Association
* In 1993 after he stepped down from radio, he reveived and award from the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association for Outstanding Contributions to Hish School Athletics.

Family:
* Bonnie Calkins (wife of 56 years) Born: Feb 15, 1925 Died: Dec. 8, 1998
* Douglas Calkins (son) Born: June 5, 1950

Death

Blean Calkin died in his sleep at home March 16, 2003. He had been living with a heart ailment since suffering a massive heart attack in 1989