John Rubenstein - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (original) (raw)
Broadcasting
WLBT-TV Sports Director, 1974-1991
- Probably the most popular and highly rated TV sportscaster in Mississippi history
- Pioneered TV coverage of historically black colleges and black athletes in Mississippi
- Creator of the popular Sunday night Sports Journal broadcast
- Earned 7 first-place awards from Mississippi Broadcasters Association
Love Communications, 1991-1993
- Worked as Sports Director on Mississippi Network Television
- Provided in-depth interviews and live in-studio events on an expanded format
Administration
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
- One of the original organizers of the Hall of Fame & Museum
- Executive Director, 1993-2011
- Directed fund-raising, corporate and individual, helping sustain the museum without any public funding
- Instrumental in designing a new selection process for Hall of Fame inductees
- Helped create the Conerly, Howell, Gillom, and Ferriss trophies to promote college athletics and provide a fundraiser for the Museum
- Earned Contribution to Amateur Football Award from the Ole Miss chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame
Did You Know?
- As a broadcaster, Rube never shied away from controvery or tough questions. He once had a famous verbal altercation with coach Bobby Knight.
- He was “discovered’ by WLBT when he was working part-time as a deejay on WJSU Radio where he referred to himself as “The Blue-Eyed Soul Brother&rduo;.
- One of his most famous on-the-air sayings was the phrase “reamed, steamed, and dry-cleaned” to describe a blowout.