Sid Collins
Sid Collins or Sidney Collins may refer to: * Sid Collins (broadcaster) (1922–1977), American sports broadcaster * Sid Collins Jr. (1912–1983), English golfer See also * Sydney Collins (born 1999), Canadian-American soccer player {{Hndis, Collins, Sid ...
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Sid Collins (broadcaster)
Sid Collins (born Sidney Cahn Jr.) (July 17, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was an American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952–1976. Collins coined the phrase describing the annual May motorsports event as "the greatest spectacle in racing". Background Born into a Jewish family that owned a neighborhood store in Indianapolis, Indiana, Cahn changed his professional name to Collins for fear of antisemitism and discrimination in his chosen field of broadcasting. Announcing Collins worked for WIBC in Indianapolis. One year after he started at the 50,000-watt station, he became the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) track announcer for the south turn. He became a radio announcer for the track after Bill Slater became ill. He was named the chief announcer in 1952. That year he introduced his "full coverage concept", which replaced a five-minute rundown each hour. He sent letters to all of t ...
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