What is Jim Simpson?
{{Infobox person |name=Jim Simpson |image=Jim Simpson 1969.jpg |caption=Simpson in 1969 |image_size= |birth_name= |birth_date={{birth date|1927|12|20}} |birth_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date={{death date and age|2016|01|13|1927|12|20}} |death_place=[[Scottsdale, Arizona]], [[United States|U.S.]] |occupation=sportscaster |employer= |awards= [[Sports Lifetime Achievement Award]] (1997)<br>[[NSSA Hall of Fame]] (2000) |years_active=1960s–1990s? |alma_mater= |spouse= |residence= }} '''Jim Simpson''' (December 20, 1927 &ndash; January 13, 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/14562344/hall-fame-sportscaster-jim-simpson-one-espn-first-dies-88 |title=Hall of Fame Sportscaster Jim Simpson of ESPN Early Days Dies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 13, 2016 |website=ESPN.com |publisher= |accessdate=January 13, 2016 |quote=}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[sportscaster]]. He worked for [[NBC]] Sports and later [[ESPN]]. He called [[Baltimore Orioles]] local telecasts in 1988. In 1997, he won the [[Sports Lifetime Achievement Award]]. In 2000 he was inducted into the [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nssafame.com/2011/04/11/2000-jim-simpson/|title=2000-Jim Simpson|accessdate=September 27, 2012|archive-date=May 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529225224/http://nssafame.com/2011/04/11/2000-jim-simpson/|url-status=dead}}</ref> For [[NBC]]: he called *[[1966 World Cup]] *[[Super Bowl I]] *[[American Football League]] *[[National Football League]] *College Basketball *College Football/Notre Dame Football *[[National Hockey League]] *Tennis *[[Major League Baseball]] *Golf For [[ESPN]], Simpson called: *College football *College basketball *United States Football League *College baseball *[[National Basketball Association]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==More reading== *''Voices of the Game'' by Curt Smith (Diamond Communications, Inc. 1987) {{ISBN|0-91208