CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — Longtime Iowa sports broadcaster Bob Brooks, who spent his more than seven-decade career covering everything from high school games to Hawkeyes athletics, has died. He was 89.
Brooks’ son, Rob Brooks, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his father died Saturday at his Cedar Rapids home.
Brooks was born in Cedar Rapids and graduated from the city’s Franklin High School in 1944, the Des Moines Register reported.
That was the same year he began his first broadcasting job, interning with a local radio station through his four years at the University of Iowa.
Affectionately known as “Brooksie,” he worked for a variety of Iowa radio and television stations throughout his career.
“I’m so thankful for that time we had,” Rob Brooks said. “He was really passionate about sports in general. He loved most of it, not just football and basketball.”
Besides his son, Brooks is survived by his wife, Susie.
A memorial service will likely be held later this summer, Rob Brooks said.