Woody Durham News & Bio
| Name: | Woody Durham | | Hometown: | Albemarle, NC | | Born: | August 8, 1941 | | Died: | March 7, 2018 | | Notes: | UNC radio play-by-play |
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Woody Durham's voice now instructing others about his rare diseasePrimary progressive aphasia is a rare brain disorder that affects speech, and it can take years to get a proper diagnosis. Two years ago, UNC...
Fri Jan 26, 2018
Woody Durham Elected to National Sports Media Association Hall of FameWoody Durham, Bryant Gumbel, Dick Weiss, and Thomas Boswell have been voted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame and will be inducted...
Tue Jan 16, 2018
How you can support Woody Durham, the former ‘Voice of the Tar Heels,’ in his fight against aphasia
It was the phrase that Woody Durham, the longtime voice of UNC’s men’s basketball and football teams, often repeated during a game’s most dramatic moments,...
Sat Aug 5, 2017
Go Where You Go & Do What You Do: Durham family raises money for Aphasia research
Chapel Hill Sportswear is working with the Durham family to help raise money for Aphasia research and programs. The business is selling t-shirts with former...
Thu Aug 3, 2017
Gov. Roy Cooper evokes Woody Durham in declaring June Aphasia Awareness Month
Gov. Roy Cooper was among the thousands in this state who came of age to the familiar soundtrack of Woody Durham’s voice on the radio...
Wed Jun 7, 2017