Charlie Brockman

Charles Thurston Brockman (December 8, 1927 – January 18, 2005) was an American broadcaster and was a president of the United States Auto Club from 1969 to 1972.[1]

Biography

Brockman worked as a sportscaster on WXLW, WIRE and worked as sports director at WLWI (now WTHR) in Indianapolis, Indiana. From 1964-1970, he anchored the MCA closed-circuit television broadcasts of the Indianapolis 500. He worked on ABC's Wide World of Sports, and anchored the broadcast of the 1965 Indianapolis 500.

Preceded by
None		 Television voice of the
Indianapolis 500
1965 		Succeeded by
Chris Schenkel

References

  1. ↑ The Talk of Gasoline Alley. May 2, 2014. WFNI.


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