In the 1960s Gus Grebe worked as a sports writer at KNX Radio Los Angeles before meeting the manager at KFH Radio and moving to Wichita.
Grebe called Wichita State Shocker football and basketball games from 1966-73. Grebe died Tuesday this week at the age of 102.
On October 2, 1970 the Shockers left for Logan, Utah, where they would play Utah State the following day. The game never took place. One of two chartered planes crashed west of Denver, Colorado. On the aircraft, 31 people died and 9 people survived. Gus was the other plane and survived the catastrophic day.
Grebe later worked at what is now KWCH TV Wichita thru 1979. Gus' career also had him in Kansas City where he did pre and post game shows for the Chiefs. After moving back to California in the 80s he got into real estate.
Grebe served in World War II. He lived retirement in suburban Los Angeles. Grebe will be buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Covina Hills, Calif.
