A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. “Hot” Rod Hundley, longtime voice of the Utah Jazz and former two-time NBA All-Star, died on March 27, 2015. He was 80.

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The inimitable "Hot Rod" Hundley died last week at age 80. He will be remembered as a great announcer, even though he was also an All-American basketball player. He messed it up after just six years ...

PHOENIX -- Hot Rod Hundley, the former NBA player who broadcast Jazz games in New Orleans and Utah for 35 years, died Friday. He was 80. The Jazz said Hundley died at his home in the Phoenix area.

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"When anyone says 'Hot Rod' most of us West Virginians think of 'Hot Rod' Hundley the West Virginia Mountaineer All Star Basketball player. He played many years in the NBA and is in the NBA Announcers ...

Hundley, who died last week at age 80, was one of the first former NBA players whom the Basketball Hall of Fame honored for calling games. Remembering Legendary NBA Announcer 'Hot Rod' Hundley The ...