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==Awards and recognition== Buck received the [[Ford C. Frick Award]] for broadcasting from the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1987 in baseball|1987]], and the [[Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award]] from the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in [[1996 NFL season|1996]]. The [[Missouri Sports Hall of Fame]] inducted Buck twice, as a media personality (1980) and Missouri sports legend (2000). The [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] named Buck as Missouri Sportscaster of the Year 22 times, and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1990. Buck was also inducted into the [[American Sportscasters Association]] Hall of Fame in 1990, the [[Missouri Athletic Club]] Hall of Fame in 1993, the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 1995, and the [[NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame]] in 2005. The American Sportscasters Association ranked Buck 11th in its listing of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/top50sportscasters.html|title=ASA's Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time}}</ref> Buck is honored with a star on the [[St. Louis Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees|last=St. Louis Walk of Fame|publisher=stlouiswalkoffame.org|access-date=25 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031162946/http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|archive-date=31 October 2012}}</ref> A bronze statue of him was erected at the entrance to [[Busch Memorial Stadium]] in 1998 (and moved to a new location outside the current [[Busch Stadium]] in 2007). A section of [[Interstate 64 in Missouri|I-64/US-40]] in St. Louis is named the Jack Buck Memorial Highway in his honor. In January, 2014, the Cardinals announced Buck among 22 former players and personnel to be inducted into the [[St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum]] for the inaugural class of [[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|2014]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Cardinals Press Release |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140118&content_id=66822534&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |title=Cardinals establish Hall of Fame & detail induction process |publisher=www.stlouis.cardinals.[[MLB.com|mlb.com]] |date=January 18, 2014 |access-date=January 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126165854/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140118&content_id=66822534&vkey=pr_stl&c_id=stl |archive-date=January 26, 2014 }}</ref> The [[Jack Buck Award]], presented by the Missouri Athletic Club "in recognition of the enthusiastic and dedicated support of sports in St. Louis", is named in his honor.
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