Blean Calkins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American sports broadcaster
Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1921
Date of Death: 16-Mar-2003
Profession: sports journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Blean Calkins
- Blean Anson Calkins (August 11, 1921 in Marshalltown, Iowa - March 16, 2003 in Muscatine, Iowa was a sports radio broadcaster for over 30 years.
- He was President of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) 1978-1981, and served on the NSSA Board with such contemporaries as Curt Gowdy, Chris Schenkel, Keith Jackson and Ray Scott. His birth was a difficult one, the attending doctor was credited with saving his life, so he was named in honor of Dr.
- Blean.Calkins broadcast Iowa Hawkeyes basketball and football home games along with Iowa high school athletics on KWPC out of Muscatine for over 30 years.
- Calkins also did morning drive sports on album rock 99 Plus through most of the 1980s.
- Morning show host Andy Hammer dubbed it "Radio's biggest two minutes".
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