RIP John Carlson - former Patriots and Whalers announcer

[Kevin Vahey]

Former Patriots play by play announcer John Carlson has died at the age of
82

Carlson called New England Patriots
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots> games from 1980–1986, New
England Whalers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Whalers> from
1972–1975, Boston College Eagles football
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_football> and
basketball on TV and Radio from 1987–1989, and Minnesota Vikings
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings> games in 1990. Carlson
was a sports talk show <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_radio> host at
WEEI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEEI> radio in Boston from 1976–1987
and at WRKO <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRKO> 1987-1990


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