Bob Martin hosts state’s first sports talk show, interviewing Broncos’ Mac Speedie | April 12, 1965 | Colorado’s Top 150 Sports Moments
Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.
Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.
Today’s top moment in Colorado sports history:
No. 149
April 12, 1965
Bob Martin hosted the first sports talk show in the state — and possibly the nation — when he hosted “Sports Line” and interviewed Broncos head coach Mac Speedie and took calls from the public. It aired for one hour (6-7 p.m.) on KTLN-Radio (1280 AM). Speedie had been named interim head coach the previous October when Jack Faulkner was fired, with the interim tag removed with an announcement Dec. 12, 1965. Speedie played pro ball for the Cleveland Browns (1946-52), Saskatchewan Roughriders (1953-54) and BC Lions (1955) before coaching the Houston Oilers (1960-61) and Broncos (1964-66).
— Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian
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