Bobby Curran, longtime radio voice of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa football and men’s basketball for more than three decades, died on March 9, at the age of 69.
Inducted into the UH Sports Circle of Honor in 2023, Curran called more than 400 football broadcasts during his career. He began in radio at KTUH while attending UH Mānoa, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1987. He started calling high school sports before joining the television broadcasts for UH football as sideline reporter and color analyst. Later he became a lead play-by-play announcer for KGU Radio.
Curran also called multiple bowl games, NCAA Tournament appearances, and UH baseball, volleyball, and women’s basketball games. He hosted the “Bobby Curran Show” on KKEA and was named Hawaiʻi Sportscaster of the Year six times.
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