- Ray Didinger
Ray Didinger (born
September 18 ,1946 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ) is an award-winning Americansportswriter ,author ,film writer ,radio co-host, TVcommentator , and a member of thePro Football Hall of Fame (Writer's Honor Roll).Early life and career
Born to Raymond and Marie Didinger, and raised in
Folsom, Pennsylvania , Didinger graduated from St. James High School in 1964. He received a B.S. in Communications fromTemple University in 1968. His nickname was Nauga, after the animated character used in commercials for Naugahyde. Ray spent four years doing sports radio forWRTI and served as the station's Sports Director. [ [http://broadcastpioneers.com/raydidinger.html Broadcast Pioneers] ] .Author
Didinger co-authored "
The Eagles Encyclopedia " withRobert S. Lyons in (2005). Along withDon Shula , he authored "Football America: Celebrating Our National Passion." (1996). He also wrote "The Super Bowl: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of America's Greatest Game." in 1990.Radio
Ray Didinger co-hosts a popular radio show every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on WIP-AM in Philadelphia, along with Glen Macnow.
portswriter
Didinger covered the
National Football League for "The Philadelphia Bulletin ", and later "The Philadelphia Daily News " for a total of 26 years.Television
Didinger is currently a senior producer with
NFL Films inMount Laurel, New Jersey . He has won four Emmy Awards for his work as a writer and producer on the weekly series "NFL Films Presents" and theTurner Network documentary "Football America." [ [http://broadcastpioneers.com/raydidinger.html Broadcast Pioneers] ]He is also a color analyst on the television show "Eagles Post Game Live"
Personal
Didinger is married to "Philadelphia" magazine restaurant critic
Maria Gallagher . [ [http://www.bradyresidence.com/raydidinger.html On The Air by Laura Nachman] ]Awards and honors
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Dick McCann Memorial Award , 1995.
*Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year . 5-time winner.
*Keystone Press Association Awards, 6-time winner.
*Associated Press award for column writing, 3-time winner.
*Pro Football Writers of America award for outstanding feature story, 1991.
*Inducted into thePhiladelphia Sports Hall of Fame , 2005.ee also
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Steve Sabol
*Philadelphia Eagles Footnotes
External links
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* [http://www.zwire.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1676&dept_id=43786&newsid=15709393 Ray Didinger Interview]
* [http://broadcastpioneers.com/raydidinger.html Broadcast Pioneers Profile]
* [http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/LitMap/bios/Didinger__Ray.html More information on Ray Didinger]
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