Footy John Kross Jr. Passes Away

     Longtime Miami radio host John Kross Jr. passed away on Saturday at the age of 77. He went by the name Footy whenever he was on the radio airwaves. 

     Kross was best known for his long reign at Y-100.7 and Y-100 WHYI-FM from 1974 until his retirement in May 2006. He began as a morning sportscaster for 13 years until 1987. Kross worked in that role alongside morning show talents that included Bill Tanner, Bill Reihle, Sonny Fox and Ron Hersey. Footy was a morning co-host with Bobby Mitchell from 1987 to 1998. He co-hosted Footy and The Chix at 6 along with Jade Alexander and Tina Malave from 1998 to 2001. Kross then was the morning co-host with Kenny Walker on the Kenny & Footy Show from June 2001 until January 2006. 

     He came out of retirement to join News Radio 610 WIOD-AM as a weekend host in early 2007 and later replaced Glenn Beck as the late morning host for a short time. Footy then became a part of two different South Florida sports talk format radio stations. Kross was a Saturday late morning host at 940 WINZ-AM until April 2013. He was a Sunday morning host at Sports Radio 560 WQAM-AM from April 2013 until 2017.