DID
DID INTERVIEW FOR THAT POSITION4@ IN NATURAL LAST
MONTH4@4@4@ FORMER VOICE OF
THE BALLS IS BEING REMEMBERED
ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE AND BY
ALL OF ALL NATION WBIR TEN
USE ACRE BEST CHANGE JOINS US
LIVE FROM CAMPUS ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT WITH MORE ON HOW
PEOPLE ARE REMEMBERING THAT
LEGENDARY4@ BROADCASTER4@ BETH
ROBIN AND JOHN CERTAINLY SO
MANY MEMORIES FLOODING SOCIAL
MEN4@ MEDIA BUT CERTAINLY MANY
PEOPLE REMEMBERING THE FORMER
VOICE OF THE BALLS LEGENDARY
JOHN WHEREBY THOSE FAMOUS4@
PLAY BY PLAY CALLS FOR
THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS4@ AND
FOR MANY FOOTBALL SATURDAYS4@
WERE COMPLETE WITHOUT HEARING
JOHN WARD'S VOICE HE WAS
THE TEAM'S ANNOUNCER FROM
NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT TO
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT HE WAS
INDUCTED TO THE TENNESSEE
SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN
NINETEEN4@ NINETY ONE HE
RECEIVED THE LINDSEY NELSON
AWARD IN NINETEEN NINETY
EIGHT AND JOHN'S LEGACY WILL
CERTAINLY LIVE ON FOR
THE MANY PEOPLE HERE INSPIRED4@
THE FANS HIS COLLEAGUES
FAMILY AND FRIENDS ACROSS
THE STATE I WANT TO BRING AND
MY COLLEAGUE TO NEWS REPORTER
SEAN4@ FRANKLIN E HAD TO TALK
TO SOME JOHN WORDS CLOSEST
FRIENDS AND4@ COWORKERS TODAY
AS4@ THEY REMEMBER LEGEND WHO
THEY ALSO CALLED A FRIEND4@ ALL
MY GOSH YES SO MANY MEMORIES
TODAY AND A CHANCE TO SIT
DOWN WITH FOUR OF HIS CLOSEST
COWORKERS AND FRIENDS AND GET
TO KNOW THEM4@ AND THEY NEW
BEHIND MICROPHONE THE CALLS4@
WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AM
THE HOW HE JOHN WARD THE MAN
WAS4@ MUCH MORE PLAY CALLER'S
JON WARD BELONG TO US. HE WAS
A TENNESSEE BALL THE BALL
DURING THE NINETEEN SIXTIES
AND SEVENTIES WHEN VOLS GAME
FOR TELEVISED ALL THE TIME
ALL FANS4@4@ HAD THE ITS JIM
WHOSE VOICE4@ HE WAS SET LEE
AND HE ACCEPTE4@D AT IN THAT
AND PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY NEW
NEW NEW4@ DETAILS SKATE IS
ATTENTION AND HE WAS
METICULOUSLY ORGANIZE AND HE
WAS ALL ABOUT4@ PATTERN AND
REPETITION4@. THERE WAS NEVER
ANY DEAD AIR. JOHN WAS GOING
TO FILL IT THAT HARD WORK
ETHIC4@ WAS TEMPERED WITH
THE BIG SINCE OF HUMOR
CURRENT VOICE INVOLVED BOB
CASTING4@ WAS NICKNAMED
THE SLING ALLISON KEELEY SAID
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE DAWN ALL
THAT HOKEY GOOFY TO FALL
STUFF I DO4@ WHEN I BEEN
THE BROADCAST4@ WILL ON
THE ANOTHER JOB AWARD WINNING
A NEW BOBCATS THE HIS BELOVED
WIFE BARBARA ONCE GAVE UT
ATHLETICS TO MILLION DOLLARS
SHE PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR AN
AS HIS HEALTH DECLINED4@ HE
NEVER FULTON IN JUST HOW HE4@
HANDLED HIS DECLINING HEALTH4@
A VERY FRAIL INCREDIBLY
STRONG MAN IT WAS AN
INSPIRATION TO SO MANY PEOPLE
MORE THAN A PLAY COLLAR. HE
WAS AN INSPIRATION4@4@ ALL NATN
WILL4@4@ CARRY WITH HIM FOREVER
YET THEY CERTAINLY WILL BATH
AND OBVIOUSLY OF TON MORE
MEMBERS I COULDN'T FIT INTO
NINETY SECONDS I HAD THERE TO
TELL THAT STORY JUST SO MANY
GREAT THINGS AND CERTAINLY
SOMEBODY THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO REMEMBER MYSELF UT4@ GRAD
NEED TO GRAD EVERYBODY HERE
AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT SEEMS
TO BE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES
FACING ALL OF THE STORIES ALL
OF THESE MEMORIES OF THIS
INCREDIBLE4@ MAN INTO A SHORT
THATS HIGH BUT UNDER WILL
CONTINUE TO SHARE THOSE
THOUGHTS THOSE4@ MEMORIES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA WE APPRECIATE
THE WORDS FROM HI4@S COLLEAGUES
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
TO AWESOME YOU KNOW UT
LEADERS AND ALUMNI ARE ALSO4@
REMEMBERING THE BELOVED
BROADCASTER INCLUDING FORMER
UT FOOTBALL COAC4@H4@ NOW UT
ATHLETICS DIRECTOR4@ PHILIP
FORMER HE SAYS FOR
GENERATIONS WERE BROUGHT TO4@
LIVE TENNESSEE FOOTBALL FOR
FANS HE SAYS IN PART I
BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO
PROUDLY REFLECT ON AND
CHERISH THE FACT THAT JOHN
WAS HOURS. WE WILL ENSURE
THAT HIS LEGACY AND MEMORY4@
ARE APPROPRIATELY HONORED4@ IN
THE DAYS MONTHS AND YEARS TO
COM OF COURSE COACH FORMER
LED4@ THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
TO THERE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP AND NINETY EIGHT
AND THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF
JOHN WARD'S CAREER HE TALKED4@
ABOUT THAT HE TALKED ABOUT
ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT4@ AND
THE STORY HE TOLD FORMER WHEN
HE ANNOUNCED HE'S RETIRING AS
FOR SNOWBALLS HE SAID FORMER
BILL ANDERSON I GOT YOU THIS4@
FOR THE REST IS UP TO YOU
ALSO PEYTON MANNING SHARING
HIS THOUGHTS HIS MEMORIES OF
JOHN WARD FORMER BALL SAYING
IN PART HIS VOICE IN HIS
PASSION FOR THE TENNESSEE
BALLS ARE SIMPLY UNMATCHED
REST IN PEACE JOHN I LOVE YOU
AND I ALONG WITH TENNESSEE
FAITHFUL WELLNESS YOU AGAIN
WORDS FROM PEYTON MANNING AS
HE REMEMBERS4@ WARRANTS. HE WAS
A BIG PART OF HIS FOOTBALL
LIFE AND AS WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT4@ MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING
TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO WARRANTS LIFE
SEVERAL POSTED SAY THEY
REMEMBERING GROWING UP WITH
THIS VOICE DURING FOOTBALL
GAMES AS W4@E T4@ALKED ABOUT
TURNING THE VOLUME ON THE TV
DOWN SAY4@ YOU GET H4@ERE. JOHN
WHARTON THE MOST FAMOUS QUOTE
WE FOR TODAY OF JOHN WARRANTS
WAS THAT TOUCHDOWN CALL4@ GIVE
HAN SIX AND I'M SURE WILL
CONTINUE TO HEAR REFERENCES
TO THAT AS THE WEEK CONTINUES
ON ROBIN AND JOHN WHERE ON
CAMPUS ALL NETWORK
BROADCASTING FACILITY HERE IN
THIS IS A PLACE HE WAS PROUD
OF AND FITTINGLY4@ HIS PICTURE
HANGS HERE IN4@ THE STUDIO AS
IT SHOULD. ALL RIGHT THANK
YOU AND OUR COVERAGE4@ DOES
CONTINUE AS REMAIN WE
REMEMBER JOHN WARD AND HIS
LEGACY AT FIVE THIRTY WE'LL
HAVE REACTION FROM