Ray Scott, Voice of Packers During Lombardi Glory Years, Dead at 78

Announcer Ray Scott, whose succinct style was the antithesis to the chatter heard in broadcasting booths today, died Monday in Minneapolis. He was 78.

Scott was the voice of the Green Bay Packers for CBS from 1956 through ‘67, which included the Vince Lombardi glory years.

Starr’s delivery was always on an even keel, and there were no wasted words. “Starr . . . Dowler . . . touchdown,” told the story. Or: “Taylor . . . five yards . . . first down.”

Scott had a number of major medical setbacks over the last six years, including a heart attack, triple-bypass surgery, kidney failure, a kidney transplant, gall bladder surgery, hip replacement surgery and dehydration and depression.

Scott was named National Sportscaster of the Year in 1968 and ’71 and was elected to the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1982. He did USC football play by play for Channel 5 for one season in the late 1970s.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, of Edina, Minn.; former wife Eda Scott of Scottsdale, Ariz., the mother of his five children; four sons and one daughter.

Services are scheduled Saturday in Minneapolis.