Legendary tennis commentator Bud Collins died yesterday at the age of 86. Five years ago, when I visited Charlie Davidson of The Andover Shop, I had lunch with Bud and Charlie. The two were close friends, and for years Charlie had made Bud’s signature go-to-hell pants. As you can see from these photos, Collins was a man who had fun with clothes, especially in life’s later sets. — CC
I always thought he was a class act and a sportscaster friend of mine, who worked with him, confirmed as much!
I remember the terrific work done by Mr. Collins and Dick Enberg during Wimbledon – always exciting.
Definitely a top drawer gentleman, RIP Bud Collins.
I will be wearing my yellow Land’s End double flap rear pocket trousers on Monday as an homage to Mr. Collins.
Godspeed
He struck me as a guy who had fun in general. His voice is one that will stick in my head for a long time.
“Nice pants Bud.” – Chris Evert.
I last saw Bud when we sat together at one of the Marvin Hagler – Sugar Ray Leonard championship fights. I did know him well but we had a mutual friend and always had a nice chat. We hung in the same bar, Bakie’s on Broad street in Boston. I induced him to join the St. Louis Browns fan club with me; he was an old Brownie fan. You need to be old to be a Browns fan since they moved to Baltimore in 1953.