Last call: Mike Gorman on being voice of the Celtics for 43 years

really pushing the ball in the paint oh nice pass brown with time got it there's a guy I know friend of mine been doing the same job for 43 years off the bounce pull up three got it it's rarely D and sometimes downright excited har is it this is so cool Mike Gorman is the TV play by play man for the Boston Celtics he grew up in Dorchester a couple of bus stops from the garden than probably came to half dozen games a year when I was like 12 13 14 years old sneaking up up the fire never paid for a

ticket in my life Still Still yeah that's right here's Dennis gets it in the bird Larry a runner got it b game over Boston wins his less is more style inspired by former Celtic player and Coach Tommy Heinen hello again everybody hi Mike Gman along with Tom Hinson they worked together for 39 Seasons to their first game Gorman brought a pile of notes Hinson tossed them in the trash any he go we're going to talk about what we see not what's on some piece of paper and that's the way I have done gam

es ever since then yeah less is better has always been my philosophy after college Gorman served as a Naval aviator while flying over the Atlantic searching for Soviet submarines he dreamt of a career in sports broadcasting but with no experience he had no shot give me a tough story me to tell this is a huge shooting point in my life every radio and TV station said no way his last hope maybe Boston Sports giant Gil Santos could give him some advice in the way though a chainlength fence and an un

impressed security guard until he says what's that in the back seat I said it's a baseball cap he said what's that in the front of the baseball cap I said vp44 the Squadron I used to be in in main the security guard had been in the Navy too he called Santos I got this guy here military guy good guy did his thing for his country now he's trying to get into business can you help him out and talk to him for a while you can sure okay soon Gorman was selling ads and doing sports casts in Rhode Island

if that guy hadn't seen the baseball cap I never know you I never totally different life Gorman's people if you hadn't guessed come from the old sad March 17th Mike will be the Honore at the big St Patrick's Day parade and dinner so I see this wood like jonath Kennedy Mike Gan on the same thing out get out somebody finds that out arrest you on St Patrick's Day Mike's mind will be on his great grandmother whose home was the first stop for many an Irish immigrant right off the boat I asked my mot

her one day said who are these people she said that's just your your nana she's just taking care of people that's what she likes to do it's such an Irish story it must be bling but come parade time nana will be there too that's what I'll be thinking of as I walk the parade roof as the grandma this thinging I she'll be beside me she deserves it Gorman is a legend in Boston and respected across the country he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame a couple summers ago this though is his fin

al season and everybody knows I feel like every time I go to a game I'm at my own weight because people come by and say my good luck there you know here difficult shot got it at the buzzer Decades of games highlights but what will Gorman miss most I'm not going to miss the games I'm not going to miss the players I'm going to miss Jimmy and Jackie the two guys who Brothers Who Run Security here I'm going to run ushers every Usher I know in the building fans have been wonderful that's been the nic

est experience it's always the people I mean stories are wonderful but people are important story unbelievable and that whole thing right he's got a squadron baseball C in the back amazing the guy says oh yeah I yeah i' I'm was in a squadron blah blah blah yeah hey Gil can you want to talk this guy I can't he said I was this close to being a substitute teacher I mean isn't it funny how your life can be forever altered by one tiny Moment One Tin moment one tiny moment like that yeah and what a gr

eat guy he's a great guy how did you come to know him what's what's the his wife was a producer at CBS Sports worked with my wife together of course years ago doing Big East games wow yeah small world that was awesome happy happy St Patrick's Day oh yeah you too hey thanks for watching don't miss the Today's Show every weekday at 11:00 a.m. eastern 8 Pacific on our streaming Channel today all day to watch head to today.com allay or click the link right here