John Derr
Journalism
Inducted: 1991
- Born in Dallas, NC, 1917
- Well-known television sports announcer
- Broadcast 133 golf tournaments live on television
- Covered Masters Golf Tournament, 1956–1971
- Broadcast Olympics, football bowl games, horse races, and championship boxing matches, mostly for CBS
- Director of CBS Sports
- Sportswriter in 1930s and 1940s
- Executive director, Carolinas PGA, 1975–1985
- Author of three books of memoirs
