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Walter Hill has died in Lafayette
Posted on 4/19/14 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 5:25 pm
I've read the many wonderful things Tiger Fans have posted here about Walter Hill over the years.
I am Walter's daughter-in-law. If anyone would like to post a message to his widow and sons, I'll be sure they get it.
Lucy
I am Walter's daughter-in-law. If anyone would like to post a message to his widow and sons, I'll be sure they get it.
Lucy
This post was edited on 4/23/14 at 7:10 am
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Posted on 4/19/14 at 5:26 pm to Hill5432
Sorry for your loss ma'am... Tigers sent him out with a win though
If anyone asks for pics they should be perma-banned
If anyone asks for pics they should be perma-banned
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 5:29 pm to Hill5432
Grew up listening to Walter Hill on the radio...calling the Tiger games with John Ferguson. Many fond memories. Sympathies to the family.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:05 pm to Hill5432
My first memories of LSU football are of me and my family crowding around a little radio at my grandfathers camp listening to Walter Hill and John Ferguson.
Your father in law helped make me an LSU fan at an early age. May he rest in peace.
Your father in law helped make me an LSU fan at an early age. May he rest in peace.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:12 pm to Hill5432
RIP to a great Tiger. I remember his broadcasts very well.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:15 pm to Hill5432
sorry for your loss but who is Walter Hill?
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:30 pm to Hill5432
Grew up listening to him with my dad in Georgia. He was a big part of me being an LSU fan today. Jim Fergerson, Walter Hill and Pat Screen.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:28 pm to Hill5432
My condolences to your family - I spent many a night listening to John Ferguson and Walter Hill broadcast LSU games. I once literally drove to the top of a mountain in southern Colorado so I could pick up WWL and listen to a game.
Ferguson would always start the game by saying..."thanks Walter and welcome to Tiger Stadium as
__________ approaches the ball".
Great memories....may he and John be reunited in the great broadcast booth in the sky.
Ferguson would always start the game by saying..."thanks Walter and welcome to Tiger Stadium as
__________ approaches the ball".
Great memories....may he and John be reunited in the great broadcast booth in the sky.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:28 pm to Hill5432
He was also sportscaster at WBRZ. I knew him when he occasionally dropped by the Cotton Club after the 10PM news. Great Guy!!
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:31 pm to Hill5432
My earliest memories of LSU football is listening to mr hill and mr ferguson on an AM truck radio at my grandfather's hunting camp....
Thanks for posting...that brings back great memories of time spent with loved ones from long ago...
Thanks for posting...that brings back great memories of time spent with loved ones from long ago...
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:31 pm to Hill5432
Some of my fondest LSU memories were the John Ferguson / Walter Hill radio broadcasts of LSU games. Family huddled around an inexpensive radio on Saturday nights in the fall dreaming of what it would be like to be in Tiger stadium.
Prayers to the family...
Prayers to the family...
Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:40 pm to Hill5432
Condolences and prayers for the family. He was an important member of the best Tiger broadcast team ever.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:03 pm to Hill5432
Condolences and prayers to the family. RIP Mr. Hill.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:03 pm to Hill5432
Sincere condolences. I grew up listening to Mr. Hill.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:10 pm to Hill5432
Sorry to hear this. Grew up listening to Walter and John Fergerson on the radio. They really were a great broadcast team. Prayers sent and God Bless!
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:11 pm to Hill5432
I am so sorry for your families loss.
I had the honor of doing my broadcast internship with Walter and Mike Rhodes before I began my career in Cable sports. He was the consummate broadcaster and I learned a lot from him.
Tell Ms Sue that I loved the times Walter would invite my wife and I into their home for New Years Days Bowl Game Parties.
I can still hear Walter saying in the news room, "Scruum if they can't take a joke.
Walter was the last of a generation that could besitifully paint a picture with words, a true artisan of his craft. We could use more Walter Hills today.
Love to you, Ms Sue and Michael.
RIP Walter Hill. Your rest is well earned.
I had the honor of doing my broadcast internship with Walter and Mike Rhodes before I began my career in Cable sports. He was the consummate broadcaster and I learned a lot from him.
Tell Ms Sue that I loved the times Walter would invite my wife and I into their home for New Years Days Bowl Game Parties.
I can still hear Walter saying in the news room, "Scruum if they can't take a joke.
Walter was the last of a generation that could besitifully paint a picture with words, a true artisan of his craft. We could use more Walter Hills today.
Love to you, Ms Sue and Michael.
RIP Walter Hill. Your rest is well earned.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 8:39 pm to Hill5432
Loss of a great Tiger. So sorry to hear . I had inquired a couple of years ago how he was doing. Prayers to the family and all of Tiger Nation. Rest in Peace Mr. Hill. I always enjoyed listening to you and John Ferguson on the Tiger Radio and then when it was Mr. Hill, John Ferguson and Doug Moreau . What a tandem of radio announcers and fine gentlemen. 
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:09 pm to Hill5432
quote:
I've read the many wonderful things Tiger Fans have posted here about Walter Hill over the years.
I am Walter's daughter-in-law. If anyone would like to post a message to his widow and sons, I'll be sure they get it.
Lucy
I really enjoyed watching him and listening to him. I enjoyed his interviews. I always thought LSU had the best broadcasting team anywhere with him and John Ferguson.
He will be missed!
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:35 pm to Hill5432
My condolences. I actually feel sorry for the younger generation that will never get the experience of huddling around the AM radio with family, listening to Mr Hill and John Ferguson, hanging on every word.
As a 10 year old, I would replay their broadcasts in my mind as I replicated the game on the neutral ground in front of my house by myself at 11 pm on a Saturday night. I made the pass AND catch as time expired to beat Ole Miss in 72 with Mr Hill an Mr Ferguson's call ringing in my ears. Bert Jones and Brad Davis got all the credit though, lol. Many more of these memories are etched in my memory and the LSU Broadcasts of that time are the reason. Thank you, Hill family, for sharing him with us Tigers! God Bless y'all.
As a 10 year old, I would replay their broadcasts in my mind as I replicated the game on the neutral ground in front of my house by myself at 11 pm on a Saturday night. I made the pass AND catch as time expired to beat Ole Miss in 72 with Mr Hill an Mr Ferguson's call ringing in my ears. Bert Jones and Brad Davis got all the credit though, lol. Many more of these memories are etched in my memory and the LSU Broadcasts of that time are the reason. Thank you, Hill family, for sharing him with us Tigers! God Bless y'all.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 9:51 pm to Hill5432
From the 'ole generation' of Tiger Fans that listed on AM radio to Mr.Politz, Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Hill.....thanks Mr. Hill for the memories.
L.S.U. '69
L.S.U. '69
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