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Miss America 1971. Miss Texas 1970. Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster. In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today, becoming one of the first women to hold an on-air position in national televised sports broadcasting.
Phyllis George, Miss America 1971 Mary Harum (Mary Hart), Miss South Dakota 1970. Miss America 1971, the 44th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1970. The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated at the event and Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne, was the first African American contestant ...
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of businessman and former Governor of Kentucky John Y. Brown Jr. and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George (1949–2020). George took maternity leave from her duties on CBS' NFL pregame show, The NFL Today, to give birth to Pamela.
Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. and his wife, former Miss America and CBS sportscaster Phyllis George, eye the backstretch during the running of the 1983 Kentucky Derby.
Phyllis George was the first female sportscaster to work at a major TV network, and hosted CBS’s “The NFL Today” for nearly a decade.
Brown eventually sold his interest in the team to co-owner Harry Mangurian in 1979. John and Phyllis Brown circa 1981. Brown and his first wife divorced in 1977. On March 17, 1979, he married former Miss America and CBS sportscaster Phyllis George. The ceremony was performed by Norman Vincent Peale.
Miss America 1975, the 48th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1974, and broadcast on NBC. [1] [2] The winner, Shirley Cothran , was a graduate of Denton High School in Texas, the same school attended by the Miss America of four years before, Phyllis George .
In 1979, Brown married former Miss America and CBS sportscaster Phyllis George. They had two children and Brown ran for governor of Kentucky. He served as governor from December 1979 to December 1983.