Milestones in the career of Bob Blum:

Friday, May 8, 1998 | 8:17 a.m.

-- Estimates he has called more than 1,700 basketball, 450 football and 300 baseball games.

-- Revitalized the Oakland Raiders radio network in 1961. Was one of only three Raiders employees retained when Al Davis bought the team in 1963.

-- Created the San Diego Chargers radio network in 1967.

-- Helped future NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle land his first NFL job.

-- Helped orchestrate UCLA's hiring of legendary basketball coach John Wooden.

-- Worked radio broadcast of 1960 Winter Olympics.

-- Served on 1972 U.S. Olympic Committee.

-- Served on 1976 San Francisco Bay Area Olympic Committee (Montreal was awarded the Games).

-- Helped organize Mercy Bowl I, a game between Fresno State and Bowling Green in 1961 that raised $300,000 for the survivors of the Cal Poly team plane crash.

-- Called two NFL Pro Bowl games in the 1950s.

-- Received the Lifetime Leadership Award from Sport magazine.

-- Will be inducted into the American Football Foundation Hall of Fame in June.

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