Heywood Hale Broun

Heywood Hale Broun (1918-2001) was a sports journalist and commentator and occasional actor. He was a CBS sports commentator from 1965 through 1986 and also contributed to All Things Considered. While he covered various sports and events, he became particularly associated with horse racing and his television coverage was noted for his often loud attire. 
Broun began sportswriting in the 1940s, although he detoured into acting on Broadway. He frequently appeared in small roles on 1950s and 1960s anthologies and sitcoms shot in New York City, including The Phil Silvers Show, Mister Peepers (with Wally Cox), The Patty Duke Show, and Car 54, Where Are You? After joining CBS, his acting was more sporadic, appearing in the original cast of Broadway's Little Murders (with Elliott Gould and Barbara Cook) and as himself in the films The Odd Couple and Some Kind of Nut (with Dick Van Dyke). He made his final movie appearance in 1992's HouseSitter directed by Frank Oz.
==References==
* The script for "Kermit Sportscast" coverage of The Tortoise and The Hare race calls for Kermit the Frog to be clad in "a loud checkered jacket, ala Haywood (sic) Hale Broun."
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