England Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame – 1992 Pro Football Hall of Fame – 1993, Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award recipient Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame – 1994 American Football League Hall of Fame – 1995 University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame – September 25, 1998 Florida Sports Hall of Fame – 1999 Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame – 2000 Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame – 2001 International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Fishing Hall of Fame – 2003 Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame – 2003 Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame – 2004 National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame – 2005 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame – 2005 inductee (January 3, 2006) Curt Gowdy State Park A state park in Wyoming, opened in 1971, was officially named for Gowdy on March 27, 1972, one of numerous honors bestowed on the native son from the state of Wyoming on "Curt Gowdy Day." The 11,000 acre (44 km2) Curt Gowdy State Park is halfway between his high school hometown of Cheyenne and his college town of Laramie. Additional land was acquired by the state for the park in 2006. "It has two beautiful lakes, hiking trails, camping, boating, fishing, and beauty," said Gowdy. "It has everything I love. What greater honor can a man receive?" Gowdy was proud of his Wyoming heritage and loved the outdoors, and said that he was "born with a fly-rod in one hand," and that the sports microphone came a little later. In 2002, he recalled that his father, Edward Curtis Gowdy, who had taught him to hunt and fish, was the best fly-fisherman in the state. "We had free access to prime-time fishing and hunting. The outdoors was a way of life for me. I should have paid them to host The American Sportsman." On July 31, 2013, on the 94th anniversary of his birth, the state park opened an interpretive center with exhibits about the history of the park and Gowdy's work to preserve area natural resources. Milward Simpson, director of the Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources Department, describes the 7,400-square foot building, which also includes meeting rooms and a lobby, as a monument to the "fantastic legacy" left by Gowdy. Death Gowdy died at the age of 86 at his winter home in Palm Beach, Florida, after an extended battle with leukemia. His funeral procession circled Fenway Park and