Bill Campbell, who called every professional team in Philadelphia (minus the Flyers) over the span of almost 40 years, has passed away. Campbell’s most famous call may be that of Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game (above), but he also called play-by-play for the ’60 Eagles, the collapse of the ’64 Phillies, and the ’80 76ers.

Campbell was a local boy through and through, having gone to Roman Catholic High School and Saint Joseph’s University. Along with the late Andy Musser, Campbell was the only man to do play-by-play for the Eagles, Phillies and Sixers. Baseball was his favorite sport, however, and when he was dismissed by the Phillies in 1971 (and replaced by a 35-year-old Harry Kalas, possibly because of Schmidt’s Beer), it hurt. Campbell told the Daily News last year, “it took me a generation to get over it, it broke my heart. Baseball is my favorite sport, and I put everything I had into it.”

Campbell’s accolades over his career include four Broadcaster of the Year awards from the National Sports Broadcasters Association, a Philadelphia Sportswriters Award, a spot in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and the Curt Gowdy Broadcaster Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame. Though before my time (likely the case for some of you as well), Campbell represented an era when play-by-play announcers were the only way to take in the game. And if that wasn’t enough, Campbell also ran teams’ entire broadcasting departments and doubled as a beer pitchman. The praise has already come in from so many of the people who followed in Campbell’s footsteps, and if you want to learn more about the man, Sam Carchidi’s biography is probably a good place to start.