Bill Curl, former Tulane sports information director and longtime Superdome spokesman, died Friday at age 77.
Curl, a member of the Tulane athletics Hall of Fame, was the first president of the Louisiana Sports Information Directors Association. He also received the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame's distinguished service award in sports journalism in 2003.
Curl moved from his home state of Ohio in 1966 to become Tulane's sports information director. He took a job with the University of Arkansas in 1974, but soon moved back.
He was the Superdome's spokesman from 1977 to 2010.
Curl is survived by his wife, two sons and daughter.