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JACK TRACY ROOM 320
NBC TELEVISION NETWORK NEA^-H
January 20, 196 1
’BOB HOPE BUICK SPORTS AWARD SHOW’ ON NBC -TV FEB. 15 WILL HONOR TOP U.S. ATHLETES (BOTH PRO AND AMATEUR)
Bob Hope will honor topflight American athletes of i960 -both professional and amateur from every major sporting field — in a special "Bob Hope Buick Sports Award Show" Wednesday, Feb. 15 on the NBC -TV Network (10-11 p.m. EST).
Hope, an avid sports enthusiast, will depart from his usual comedy-and -music format to emcee an award ceremony that will mark the performer's sixth TV special of the 1960-61 season.
Top TV and motion picture personalities (to be announced) from each winner's home state will serve as presenters. They will award handsome gold statuettes to outstanding athletes in the following categories: baseball (American and National Leagues), basketball (college and professional), boxing, football (college and professional), golf (professional), tennis (Amateur and professional) and track.
Winners are currently being selected by sports editors who are cooperating in a national poll headed by a committee of judges composed of Braven Dyer, Los Angeles Times, chairman; George T. Davis,
Los Angeles He raid -Express; Mel Durslag, Los Angeles Examiner; Sid Ziff, Los Angeles Mirror, and Paul Zimmerman, Los Angeles Times. Sports editors throughout the country were asked to enter three names in each category in the order of their preference.
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