Chris Blair (sportscaster)

Chris Blair
Born	Hindman, Kentucky, USA
Alma mater	Lander University
Occupation	Sports announcer
Spouse	Dr. Amber Anders Blair
Children	Crafton Christopher, Rivers Elisabeth

Chris Blair is a radio sportscaster. He is the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the LSU Tigers football, men's basketball and baseball teams at Louisiana State University.^[1]^[2] He has been the "Voice of the Tigers" since taking over for Jim Hawthorne for the 2016 baseball season.^[3]^[4] His first football season at LSU was the 2016 season and his first men's basketball season was the 2016–17 season.^[5]^[2]

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Chris Blair was born in Hindman, Kentucky. He attended Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina graduating in 1997.^[1] He began his career calling Hillcrest High School sports games, in Simpsonville, South Carolina while as a student at Lander.^[6] From 1998 to 2004 he did play-by-play for Greenwood High School football.^[6] He also called Lander Bearcats baseball games and from 2001 to 2004 he called Lander Bearcats men's basketball games along with being involved with coverage of Clemson Tigers football on the Clemson Tiger Sports Network.^[6]^[7]

In 2006, Blair was hired by the Georgia Southern Eagles to be the play-by-play commentator for baseball, men's basketball and football replacing Nate Hirsch.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Chris Blair". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ ^a ^b "New Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair: 'There's something different when you hear the roar at an LSU game'". theadvocate.com. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ "LSU's next radio announcer has experience stepping in for a legend". espn.com. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ "LSU hires Georgia Southern announcer Chris Blair to replace the retiring Jim Hawthorne". nola.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ Ching, David (December 28, 2015). "Retiring LSU radio man Jim Hawthorne: 'I've had more thrills than I deserve'". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Once A Bearcat, Now A Bengal". lander.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ ^a ^b "Source: LSU interviews Georgia Southern's Chris Blair for gig to replace Jim Hawthorne". theadvocate.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ "Ga. Southern play-by-play man Chris Blair new voice of LSU Tigers". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
^ "One More Time for Georgia Southern's Chris Blair". wjcl.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

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