Rising Blues star defenseman Bob Gassoff tragically died in a 1977 motorcycle accident at a team post-season party. Many think it was an event that may have prevented the Blues young stars of the era from winning a Stanley Cup. Gassoff’s son Bob Jr. was born two months later. His relationship with the team, and its nurturing of him, has created an amazing hockey, and post-hockey, life. We touch all the bases with Bob Gassoff Jr.
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Tom Calhoun has been prominent in St. Louis-market broadcasting for over 4 decades. He is a retired broadcaster with experience that includes sports play-by-play, news broadcasting, program hosting and management. Calhoun has been the public-address announcer at St. Louis Blues hockey games since 1987 and the PA voice of the Gateway Grizzlies baseball club since 2003. He also served as news anchor and host at KMOX “The Voice of St. Louis”. His broadcasting efforts and public-address announcing earned him induction to the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Calhoun is a SAG-AFTRA cardholder and former member of its St. Louis chapter Board of Directors. Tom and wife Barb live in Millstadt, IL and have two adult sons.
