Personal papers of Tom Hedrick
Overview
Tom Hedrick attended the University of Kansas as a student in the late 1950s before joining the University’s staff in 1961 as a sportscaster and eventually as a faculty member. This collection contains materials relating to Hedrick’s professional work outside KU with Baker University and professional sports leagues, as well as his personal life, including correspondence, news clippings, personal and professional photographs, and notes relating to Hedrick’s work.
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 2021
Creator
- Hedrick, Tom, 1934- (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Thomas A. Hedrick (1934 - )
Tom Hedrick was born May 5, 1934, in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1956 and his Master of Arts degree in Radio and Television from the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence in 1958. Hedrick served in the Army Reserve from 1958 – 1963. He married Mary Lee Hough in 1999.
Hedrick became a sportscaster and instructor, calling professional sports matches for the Kansas City Chiefs (1964–1971), Nebraska Cornhuskers (1967-1970), Cincinnati Reds (1971-1972), Texas Rangers, and the Dallas Cowboys. He also called KU sports matches for 30 seasons and for the Baker University Wildcats. Hedrick won the Kansas Sportscaster of the Year award six times, in 1960, 1961, and 1963-1966.
In 1967, Hedrick was tapped by CBS Radio to do color commentary for the inaugural Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers. He also provided commentary for the 1968 and 1970 Super Bowls.
Tom Hedrick called his final game for Baker University on February 28, 2019. He has since retired from sportscasting.
[Information taken from Kansas University Archives morgue files.]
Full Extent
2.75 Linear Feet (4 boxes + 2 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers primarily relating to Tom Hedrick’s time as a professional sportscaster. It includes sports rosters; correspondence; photographs; media guides; and personal materials. Hedrick also worked with KU and Baker University’s sports teams as a sportscaster extensively; materials relating to both universities can be found throughout the professional papers series.
Physical Location
PP 654
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Karen Hough Majidzadeh, 2022.
Separated Materials
O'Neil, Buck. I Was Right on Time: My Journey from the Negro Leagues to the Majors. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, [1996]. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C12687.
Taylor, Otis. Otis Taylor: The Need to Win. Champagne, IL: Sports Pub., 2003. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C12684.
McGuff, Joe. Winning It All: The Chiefs of the AFL. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C12685.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Tom Hedrick Collection
- Subtitle
- Personal papers of Tom Hedrick
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mmj. Finding aid encoded by mmj. Finding aid revised by mwh.
- Date
- 2023-05-08
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/8710942042
- Preferred citation
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Personal papers of Tom Hedrick, PP 654, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository