Dick RisenhooverWilliam Ervin "Dick" Risenhoover Jr. was the sportscaster for the Texas Rangers from 1972 to 1977.Early life, education and army serviceHe attended Childress High School. He served in the United States Army from July 1945 to January 1947, where he played on the baseball team for Fort MacArthur, California. He played baseball and basketball at the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated in 1950 and was on the 1950 Texas Longhorns baseball team. He died of liver cancer at the age of 51.