Bill worrell houston rockets biography for kids

Legendary play-by-play man Bill Worrell retired last Friday night – after nearly 40 years announcing Houston Rockets games on TV.

Over his long, amazing career, Worrell also broadcast Astros and Oilers games, plus everything from rodeo to table tennis, volleyball to boxing, and golf to synchronized skating.

Synchronized skating?

Bill worrell houston rockets biography for kids

"I got there two hours early and they tried to explain the sport to me. Basically I just did the introductions and turned it over to my color analyst. Whatever she said, I agreed with it," Worrell once told me.

Funny thing, if it weren't for a class scheduling conflict at UH, Worrell might never have become a sports announcer. He'd be William Worrell, M.D. today.

Worrell, whose father "Dub" Worrell served as team dentist for the UH Cougars, Rice Owls, Houston Oilers and Rockets, entered UH in 1964 as a pre-med student and lefty baseball pitcher.

When he tried