national work Britt did not accompany the Braves to Wisconsin. Instead, he joined the TV announcing crew of the Cleveland Indians in 1954, working through 1957 with Ken Coleman, a native of the Boston area (and Gowdy's eventual successor, in 1966, as voice of the Red Sox). The highlight of Britt's Cleveland tenure was the Indians' 1954 American League pennant with their league-record 111–43 season (one game better than the 110–44 1927 Yankees). But the Indians were upset in four straight games by the New York Giants in the ensuing 1954 World Series. Nationally, Britt participated in the Mutual network radio coverage of the World Series in 1948 and 1950, and worked on NBC's television coverage of the Series in 1949 and 1951. He also announced several baseball All-Star Games in the late 1940s and early '50s, as well as NFL games on the DuMont network and college football coverage (including the 1953 Sugar Bowl game) on ABC. Return to Boston Britt returned to Boston in the late 1950s as a newscaster and sportscaster for the city's ABC affiliate, then WHDH-TV, Channel 5, which also telecast Red Sox games; but he never regained his former role announcing for the team. Instead, he initiated a popular candlepin bowling show he would host until 1966, and also hosted Dateline: Boston (a nonsports predecessor to many of the modern-day magazine-style television programs) and an ABC-TV network series of hourlong 18-hole matches between two golfers called All-Star Golf featuring the best of their time including Ben Hogan, Sammy Snead, Lloyd Mangrum and Billy Casper. In retirement he eventually returned to his native California, where he died, aged 70, in Monterey. References 1910 births 1980 deaths United States Navy personnel of World War II American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Boston sportscasters Boston Braves announcers Boston Red Sox announcers Bowling broadcasters Cleveland Indians announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Minor League Baseball broadcasters National Football League announcers Notre Dame Fighting Irish football announcers New York Giants announcers People from San Francisco University of Detroit Mercy alumni University of Southern California alumni