Scott Davis (September 21, 1943, in
San Francisco, California
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-August 18, 2010 in
Cerritos, California
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) was perhaps the top
Track and Field
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announcer in the
United States
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from the 1980s until his death. He was the primary public address voice at major meets including championship meets like the
Olympic Trials
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, the
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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, the
NCAA Championships
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and top level professional meets that encompass the currently named
Visa Championship Series The Visa Championship Series was an annual series of athletics meets organised by the USA Track & Field.
Meetings
Meetings in 2012
Indoor
Outdoor
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like the
Prefontaine Classic
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, the
Adidas Grand Prix
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and most notably at the
Mt. SAC Relays, where he was also the meet director for a decade starting in 1997. He was also frequently the English language voice of many top level International meets. The last meet he announced was the
2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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in
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,
Canada
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. His voice from that meet can be heard as the English announcer .
A top track statistician, he founded the Federation of American Statisticians of Track (FAST), publishing its annual summation of statistics called the "FAST Annual" which he frequently promoted and sold from the announcer's booth. He was the editor of
USATF
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's media guide. He was also the secretary of the
Association of Track and Field Statisticians
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Foundation
On 26 August 19 ...
, serving from 1994 until his death.
Davis had suffered from various forms of cancer for 13 years. He was posthumously elected into the Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2021 he was elected into the
National Track and Field Hall of Fame
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Journalists from San Francisco
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
California State University, Northridge alumni
1943 births
2010 deaths
American sports announcers
Public address announcers
Deaths from cancer in California
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Track and field people from California