Jerry Schemmel
American sportscaster
- Broadcaster
- Motivational Speaker
Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster working as a play-by-play radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.[1][2][3] He previously called Denver Nuggets games on both Radio and TV for 18 seasons.
He is a survivor of the United Airlines Flight 232 disaster that occurred on July 19, 1989.[3]
Schemmel is also an endurance cyclist, and holds several state of Colorado cycling records. In 2015, he and cycling partner Brad Cooper won the Two Person Division of the Race Across America. The pair finished 3,062 miles in little over seven days. A documentary about their effort, called Godspeed, was released in 2017.
Schemmel is single and lives in Denver and Scottsdale, AZ.
References
- ^ Yingling, Noah (April 8, 2022). "Jerry Schemmel back on KOA Colorado Rockies radio broadcasts". roxpile.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Sederquist, Ryan (June 20, 2023). "Colorado Rockies play-by-play man Jerry Schemmel wasn't too jealous of the Denver Nuggets announcer sitting in his old chair during the team's NBA title run". VailDaily.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Groke, Nick (July 19, 2019). "30 years later, Rockies broadcaster Jerry Schemmel and other Flight 232 crash survivors can only remember". The Athletic. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
Publications
- Schemmel, Jerry; Simpson, Kevin (1996). Chosen to Live: The Inspiring Story of a Flight 232 Survivor. Victory Publishing. ISBN 0-9652086-5-6.
External links
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Colorado Rockies
- Established in 1993
- Based in Denver, Colorado
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- Alan Roach
- Owners: Charlie and Dick Monfort
- President: vacant
- General Manager: Bill Schmidt
- Manager: Bud Black
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