Max Skirvin (2024) - Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame

Max Skirvin

Induction:
2024
Class:
1951

Skirvin is one of the most important figures and recognized voices in the history of IU sports. Best known to IU fans for the 28 years he spent alongside Don Fischer on the IU Radio Network from 1973-1997, Skirvin’s contributions go back much farther and are much more wide-ranging. He first served as the play-by-play voice of IU Men’s Basketball and Football as an IU senior in 1950-51 on WTTS (Bloomington) radio. He later returned to the radio booth and spent six years as the play-by-play voice of IU Football and Basketball from 1967-73. During those years in the 1950s and 1960s, he was instrumental in helping build the IU Radio Network through his role as the IU Alumni Association’s Alumni Club Director. Skirvin spent 19 years at the IUAA and another 17 at the IU Foundation before retiring in 1994.