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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}}Roderick Belcher served as radio play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Rainiers from 1957 to 1958. He replaced Leo Lassen in that role.[1] Belcher also wrote the Seattle Pilots theme song, "Go Go You Pilots." He also served as the voice of the San Francisco 49ers.[1]

Belcher attended Humboldt State College where he was a star basketball player. He was a member of the school's 1941 Far Western Conference championship team.[3]

Belcher began his sports broadcasting career in 1946 with KMO radio in Tacoma, Washington.[4]

In 1950, he was hired by a San Francisco station which had a beer company as the sponsor; he changed his radio name to Rod Hughes to avoid embarrassment to the sponsor.[2]

He returned to the State of Washington in 1954 where he was a sports broadcaster on KOL radio in Seattle.[4] In 1957, he began doing play-by-play of Seattle Rainiers games on KOL.[3] He also broadcast University of Washington football and Seattle University basketball games.[4]

From 1960 to 1969, he was employed by KING-TV and radio in Seattle.[4] He was named the State of Washington's top sports broadcaster for years running from 1961 to 1964. He was also selected by the Associated Press as its football board member for the State of Washington.[4][5]

He later worked for more than 10 years as a public information officer for the State of Washington Highway Department.[4][6]

He once served as sports editor of the Humboldt Times and contributed to The Seattle Times.

He was born November 4, 1920 in Berkeley, California and died December 12, 2014.[7][8]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/larrystone/2025244382_stone16xml.html|title=Rod Belcher was an essential voice in Seattle sports history|newspaper=The Seattle Times|accessdate=July 25, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Beer Announcer's Privilege -- to Change Name From Belcher|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review|date=September 12, 1950|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12736915/beer_announcers_privilege_to_change/|via=Newspapers.com}}
3. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12737029/belcher_to_belch/ | title=Belcher To Belch | date=February 7, 1957 | newspaper=Daily Capital Journal | page=38 | via=Newspapers.com}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Sideline Slants|newspaper=Eureka Humboldt Standard|date=June 3, 1961|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12737113/sideline_slants/}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=AP Scribe Tops Vote|newspaper=The Daily Chronicle|date=March 19, 1964|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12737192/ap_scribe_tops_vote/|via=Newspapers.com}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=State employees moonlighting|newspaper=Port Angeles Evening News|date=August 5, 1971|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12736976/state_employees_moonlighting/|via=Newspapers.com}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/rod-belcher-pioneering-do-it-all-sportscaster-dies-at-94/|title=Rod Belcher, pioneering do-it-all sportscaster, dies at 94|date=December 13, 2014|newspaper=The Seattle Times|accessdate=July 25, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Rod-Belcher-former-sports-1238911.php|title=Where Are They Now: Rod Belcher, former sports broadcaster|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|accessdate=July 25, 2017}}
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