Cawood Ledford did not have to raise his voice to be heard. He could communicate through inflection and description what others tried to convey at the top of their lungs.
“He could use his voice as an instrument,” Ralph Hacker said Saturday. “I never heard him scream. There were times when he would get on a run and I would just close my eyes and listen to him because he was so poetic in what he was doing.”
Other broadcasters have attained higher volume. Few have been more vivid.
News of Ledford’s election to the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame last Monday struck many Kentuckians as a head-scratcher.