Skip Caray: A life in photos

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For more than 30 years, Skip Caray was the voice of summer in Atlanta, calling Braves games on WTCG, TBS, Turner and Atlanta radio.

Caray joined the NBA's St. Louis Hawks broadcasting team in 1967, moving to Atlanta with the team the following year. He called everything from Goodwill Games baseball and motoball to primetime college football and Atlanta Flames hockey. He also did play-by-play in the movie "The Slugger's Wife."

Caray joined Turner Broadcasting system Inc. (then WTCG-TV) in 1972 as the voice of the Atlanta Hawks and was added to the Braves telecasts in 1976.

Caray spars with boxing heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali during a celebrity boxing round at the Omni in 1977.

The son of Harry Caray, the former Chicago Cubs Hall-of-Fame play-by-play announcer, Skip Caray began his broadcasting career in St. Louis, Mo., as a sportscaster for high school basketball games. He would later join his father as a color commentator for University of Missouri football.

In 1991, three generations of Carays called the same game. Hall of Fame baseball announcer Harry Caray (center) did the Cubs' broadcast while son Skip (right) and grandson Chip pulled the Braves duties.

Braves announcers Skip and Chip Caray were one of the few father and son teams that broadcast major sports teams. The two worked Braves' radio broadcasts together, and did their first Father's Day game on June 10, 2005.

In 2004, Caray was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame, along with fellow Braves announcer Pete Van Wieren (far left). In 2000, Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell declared July 30th "Skip Caray and Pete Van Wieren Day" in honor of their 25 years of broadcasting Braves games.

For almost two decades Caray was joined by Joe Simpson (from left), Don Sutton and Pete Van Wieren in the booth for Atlanta Braves games.

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For more than 30 years, Skip Caray was the voice of summer in Atlanta, calling Braves games on WTCG, TBS, Turner and Atlanta radio. Caray died Sunday at age 68.

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