Jack Cristil 1925-2014 - Remembering the Voice of the Bulldogs

Jack Cristil 1925-2014 - Remembering the Voice of the Bulldogs
Photo by Megan Bean

September 8, 2014

The Bulldog family mourns the loss of legendary MSU sports broadcaster Jack Cristil, who spent six decades at the microphone as the "Voice of the Bulldogs." With a 58-year association with MSU, Cristil was the second-longest tenured college radio play-by-play announcer in the nation at the time of his 2011 retirement. During his career, Cristil called 636 football games since 1953, or roughly 60 percent of every football game played in the history of the institution. He was in his 54th season as the men's basketball play-by-play voice, having described the action of almost 55 percent of all the men's basketball games played at the school. In all, Cristil delivered game descriptions to Mississippi State fans across the Magnolia State and around the world for more than 1,500 collegiate contests. A video tribute with a few of our favorite moments with Jack is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=revEKVFchBU. For more information visit http://msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=6793.