Jim Gibbons

James Leo Gibbons (1914–2001) was an American sportscaster who called Washington Redskins games from 1943 to 1967.

Early life Gibbons was born on June 3, 1914, in Greeley Center, Nebraska. He attended Creighton University and the University of Omaha. In 1940 he moved to Washington D.C. to work as a comptometer operator at the Social Security Administration. He also took classes at George Washington University and at a radio school. In 1953, Gibbons became the Redskins’ play-by-play announcer, calling games on a simulcast for radio and television. From 1960 to 1965, he called college football on ABC Radio. In 1994, Gibbons was inducted into the Washington Hall of Stars at RFK Stadium. Gibbons died of congestive heart failure on February 13, 2001, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland.