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Les Keiter (April 27, 1919 – April 14, 2009), also known as the "General", was a newscaster and sports director of Honolulu, Hawaii television station KHON-TV. Keiter, who also lived in New York and San Francisco, also called some of the biggest fights in the history of boxing. == Early career == Keiter was raised in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington.〔(Tsai, Stephen. "Keiter was 'a golden voice'," ''The Honolulu Advertiser'', Wednesday, April 15, 2009. )〕 He began his broadcasting career after World War II when he began announcing for a minor league baseball team.〔(Les Keiter biography – The Internet Movie Database. )〕 During the 1960s, he called some of the biggest fights in the history of boxing, including the 1964 victory by Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) over heavyweight champ Sonny Liston.〔(Fitzpatrick, Frank. "Broadcaster Les Keiter dies at 89," ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', Wednesday, April 15, 2009. )〕 Keiter said the Ali-Liston match was the biggest fight he ever called. His frequent partner during boxing events for ABC radio was the late Howard Cosell.〔(McWhorter, A. J. "Broadcaster Keiter gave voice to sports," ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', Monday, March 3, 2008. )〕 Keiter served as sports director at WINS–AM in New York from the mid-1950s to 1963, mainly hosting the pre- and postgame shows for Yankees broadcasts. He also did play-by-play for the football Giants (1956–1959), Knicks (1955–1962) and Rangers. He was most remembered for his re-creations of San Francisco Giants games from 1958 to 1960, broadcast back to New York listeners in the first three seasons after the franchise's departure from the city.〔(Goldstein, Richard. "Les Keiter, Announcer Who Recreated Giants Games, Dies at 89," ''The New York Times'', Thursday, April 16, 2009. )〕 His re-creations were so popular, many fans had no idea he was not covering the action live.〔 Keiter left New York and headed to Philadelphia in 1963, calling games for the Philadelphia 76ers and Big Five college basketball. While broadcasting at the Palestra, Keiter was known for his sign-on phrase, "Welcome to Panicsville, USA,"and also coined phrases such as "ring-tailed howitzer," "tickled the twine" and "in again, out again, Finnegan."〔("Les Keiter, called Palestra bomb scare game, dies at 89," ''Philadelphia Daily News'', Wednesday, April 15, 2009. )〕 Keiter also covered the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City for Mutual Radio, working with Olympian Jesse Owens, whom Keiter once called the greatest athlete he had ever known. During those Olympics, Keiter called the play-by-play for George Foreman's gold-medal boxing victory.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Keiter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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