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| Born | January 9, 1935  Mount Clemens, Michigan |
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Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg (born January 9, 1935) is an American sportscaster. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mount Clemens is a city in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 17312 A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television Enberg is one of the most prominent and respected play-by-play announcers in network television history, with a career spanning more than forty years. Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic He is recognizable by his trademark exclamation, "Oh, my!"
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Early life & education
Enberg was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Mount Clemens is a city in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 17312 He studied at Central Michigan University and Indiana University, earning master's and doctorate degrees in health sciences at the latter institution. Central Michigan University (also known as CMU) is a Coeducational State university located in Mount Pleasant in the U Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Health science is the applied science dealing with Health, and it includes many sub disciplines While a student at Indiana, Enberg voiced the first radio broadcast of the Little 500, the bike racing event memorialized in the film Breaking Away. The Little 500 (also known popularly as the "Little Five" and part of "The World's Greatest College Weekend" is a bicycle race held annually at Bill Breaking Away is a 1979 film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they He was also the play-by-play announcer for IU football and basketball games. From 1961 to 1965 he was an assistant professor and baseball coach at California State University, Northridge, then known as San Fernando Valley State College. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each California State University Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits
Dick Enberg is also a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣK is a fraternity devoted to three cardinal principles the Promotion of Brotherhood, the Stimulation of Scholarship, and the
Early career
In the late 1960s, Enberg began a full-time sportscasting career, calling radio broadcasts for the California Angels of Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, and UCLA Bruins basketball. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m After every Angels victory, he would wrap up his broadcast with, "And the halo shines tonight. " Four times Enberg was named California Sportscaster of the Year.
In 1968, Enberg was recommended by UCLA athletic director J. D. Morgan to be the national broadcaster for the TVS Television Network to cover the "Game of the Century" between the Houston Cougars and the UCLA Bruins. The TVS Television Network, or TVS for short was a syndicator of American sports programming The Game of the Century in college Basketball was an NCAA historical game between the University of Houston Cougars and the UCLA Houston Cougars is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Houston. The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California Los Angeles (UCLA
In the early 1970s, Enberg hosted the syndicated television game show Sports Challenge, and co-produced the Emmy Award-winning sports-history series The Way It Was for PBS. Sports Challenge was a sports-centered Game show that aired in weekly syndication from 1971 to 1979. Public Broadcasting Services Limited (PBS is Malta 's Public broadcasting company responsible for the TVM television channel and the Radio
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
In the 1970 opening conference game in Pauley Pavilion, Oregon went into a stall against the UCLA Bruins. Edwin W Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles California The University of Oregon (UO is a public, Coeducational Research university in Eugene Oregon, United States. The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California Los Angeles (UCLA Enberg had run out of statistics and began to fill his television broadcast with small talk. The movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had just been released, and Enberg was humming the tune to "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", but did not know the words. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a American Western film that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head " is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Two nights later, at the Oregon State game, many students brought the lyrics to the song. Oregon State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research[[ university]] located in Corvallis, Oregon, United Enberg promised that he would sing the song if UCLA won the conference championship. He sang the song following the final game of the season. The event was recorded in the Los Angeles Times and was later recounted in the book Pauley Pavilion: College Basketball's Showplace by David Smale. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed During the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship broadcast, there was a short feature on the event. The 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division
NBC
In 1975, Enberg joined the NBC television network. The year 1975 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of television-related events in 1975 NBC Sports is the brand used for sports programming on NBC, responsible for the televising of many Sports events on the network For the next 25 years, he broadcast a plethora of sports and events for NBC, including the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the U.S. Open golf championship, college football, college basketball, the Wimbledon and French Open tennis tournaments, heavyweight boxing, Breeders' Cup horse racing, and the Olympic Games. The NFL on NBC is the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998 when NBC lost the NFL American Major League Baseball on NBC is the De facto name for a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games televised on the National Broadcasting The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the US College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest Tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered as the most prestigious The French Open ( Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major Tennis tournament held over Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited a company formed in 1982 The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
Enberg replaced Curt Gowdy in the play-by-play role for the NBC telecast of the Rose Bowl Game in 1980. Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American College football Bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year's Day) at the Rose He would be in the booth in Pasadena until ABC picked up the broadcast in 1988.
The NFL on NBC
While on The NFL on NBC, Enberg called eight Super Bowls (alongside the likes of Merlin Olsen, Bob Trumpy, Phil Simms and Paul Maguire), the last being Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998. The NFL on NBC is the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998 when NBC lost the NFL American professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Merlin Jay Olsen (born September 15, 1940) is a former American football player in the National Football League and an Actor. Bob Trumpy (born March 6, 1945 in Springfield Illinois) is a former professional American Football Tight end who played for Phillip Martin Simms (born November 3 1955 in Lebanon Kentucky) is a former American football Quarterback, and currently a Television Paul Leo Maguire (born August 22, 1938 in Youngstown Ohio) is a former American football player and current Television Sportscaster Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played on January 25 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego California to decide the National Enberg also anchored NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XIII (that particular game was called by Curt Gowdy) in 1979. Super Bowl XIII was an American football game played on January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami Florida to decide the National He also called three Canadian Football League games in 1982 during the NFL strike. The Canadian Football League (CFL ( Ligue canadienne de football (LCF in The 1982 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 29th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 25th Canadian Football The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd Regular season of the National Football League. [1]
1980 Summer Olympics
Enberg was scheduled to be the prime time host for NBC's coverage of the 1980 Summer Olympics from Moscow. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of After the United States opted to boycott the games, NBC decided to greatly reduce their Olympic broadcasting hours. The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Although Enberg now hosted a two hour wrap-up show each night, he was still given credit for being the anchor.
Major League Baseball on NBC
According to his autobiography, Oh My, Enberg was informed by NBC that he would become the lead play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball Game of the Week beginning with the 1982 World Series (where he shared the play-by-play duties with Joe Garagiola alongisde analyst Tony Kubek) and through subsequent regular seasons. The Major League Baseball Game of the Week is the De facto title for over-the-air, nationally televised coverage of regular season Major League The 1982 World Series matched the St Louis Cardinals against the Milwaukee Brewers, with the Cardinals winning in seven games For this person's son the baseball executive see Joe Garagiola Jr Anthony Christopher Kubek (born October 12, 1936, in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a retired American Baseball player and Television He wrote that on his football trips, he would read every Sporting News to make sure he was current with all the baseball news and notes. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports Then he met with NBC executives in September 1982, and they informed him that Vin Scully was in negotiations to be their lead baseball play-by-play man (teaming with Joe Garagiola while Tony Kubek would team with Bob Costas) and would begin with the network in the spring of 1983. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Sportscaster, Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is a Sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, Therefore, rather than throw him in randomnly for one World Series, Enberg wrote that he hosted the pregame/postgame shows while the team of Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek did the games. According to the book, Enberg wasn't pleased about the decision (since he loved being the California Angels' radio voice in the 1970s and was eager to return to baseball) but the fact that NBC was bringing in Scully, arguably baseball's best announcer, was understandable. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. Enberg added that NBC also gave him a significant pay increase as a pseudo-apology for not coming through on the promise to make him the lead baseball play-by-play man. Enberg would go on to call some cable TV broadcasts for the Angels in 1985, citing a desire to reconnect with the sport. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Kansas City Royals over St
Wimbledon Championships
As NBC's longtime voice of the Wimbledon tennis championships (alongside Bud Collins and, later, John McEnroe), Enberg regularly concluded the network's coverage of the two-week event with thematically appropriate observations accompanied by a montage of video clips. Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr (born June 17, 1929 in Lima Ohio) is an American Journalist and television Sportscaster John Patrick McEnroe Jr (born February 16 1959 is an American former World No
CBS
Enberg was hired by CBS in 2000, and now calls the network's NFL and college basketball action as well as the U.S. Open tennis tournament. CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 2000 in athletics (track and field Marathon International The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League 's American Football Conference The US Open Tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world first contested in 1881 For several years he also contributed to CBS coverage of The Masters and PGA Championship golf. The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's The PGA Championship (sometimes referred to as the US PGA Championship outside of North America is an annual Golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America
Another enduring element of Enberg's broadcasting legacy is his ability to provide warm and poignant reflections on the sporting events he covers. Enberg Essays, as they have come to be known, is a now-regular feature of CBS' coverage of college basketball's Final Four. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the Enberg continues to provide end-of-tournament commentaries on the three grand slam tennis events he covers.
Other appearances
Since 2004, Enberg has served as side commentator for ESPN2's coverage of the Wimbledon, French Open, and Australian Open tennis tournaments. Events On January 28, International Olympic Committee Vice-President Kim Un-yong is arrested on charges of corruption in Seoul ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments held each year In 2006, he began calling Thursday night and postseason NFL games for Westwood One radio. The 2006 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 87th one played by the major professional American football league in the United Run to the Playoffs is the Brand name used by NFL Network for its schedule of live Regular season telecasts of National Football League The NFL on Westwood One is the tag line given to weekly American professional football games carried on the radio over the Westwood One network Also in 2006, Enberg began narrating a documentary style television series for Fox Sports Net called In Focus on FSN. The year 2006 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2006. The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net (FSN are a collection of cable TV Regional sports networks owned and operated by News In Focus on FSN is an American sports documentary series narrated by Dick Enberg.
In addition to his career in sports broadcasting, Enberg hosted three game shows besides the aforementioned Sports Challenge: The Perfect Match in 1967, Baffle on NBC from 1973 through 1974, and Three for the Money on NBC in 1975. The year 1967 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1967. For other uses of this Three letter acronym, see PDQ (disambiguation PDQ was an American Television The year 1973 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1973. The year 1974 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1974. Three for the Money was a short-lived American Game show created by Hatos-Hall productions that aired on NBC for just nine weeks from September 29-November The year 1975 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of television-related events in 1975 He also lent his voice to the animated CBS cartoon series Where's Huddles? in 1970, appeared briefly in the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait, and made a cameo appearance in the 1988 film The Naked Gun. Where's Huddles? was a Hanna-Barbera animated television program which premiered on CBS on July 1, 1970 and ran for ten episodes as The year 1970 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1970. The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 Comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 Comedy film, the first in a series of films starring Leslie Nielsen,
He's also the voice of the announcer in the classic Mattel game Mattel Talking FootBall.
Honors
Enberg has garnered many awards and honors over the years, including 13 Emmy Awards (as well as a Lifetime Achievement Emmy), nine National Sportscaster of the Year awards, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Award, the NBA's Curt Gowdy Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, created in 1989 and named for the late longtime NFL commissioner, is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame Curtis Edward Gowdy ( July 31 1919 – February 20 2006) was an American Sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Enberg is the only sportscaster thus far to win Emmys in three categories (broadcasting, writing, and producing), and in 1973 became the first U. S. sportscaster to visit the People's Republic of China. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
Enberg was inducted into Central Michigan University's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993. (source: cmuchippewas. com) The university named an academic center for him in 2007.
Enberg was raised in Armada, Michigan and was responsible for the naming of the Armada High School yearbook, the Regit (Tiger spelled backwards), a name it has to this day. Armada is a village in Macomb County in the US state of Michigan.
Indiana University awarded Enberg an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 2002. He would be inducted into the Indiana University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2006.
Personal
- Dick Enberg's surname is of Swedish origin. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. While starting out at KTLA-TV, Enberg was pressured into changing his name professionally to Dick Breen out of fear that Enberg would be seen as too ethnic sounding (i. KTLA, channel 5 is a television station in Los Angeles California. e. Jewish). PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
- Enberg penned a one-man theatrical play titled (Al) McGuire after his former television broadcast partner and late friend. Al McGuire ( September 7 1928 in New York City - January 26, 2001 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) coached the Marquette University It debuted at Marquette University's Helfaer Theater in 2005. Marquette University is a private coeducational Jesuit, Roman Catholic University located in Milwaukee Wisconsin. There may be plans to take the show on the road, as it drew positive reviews as an accurate portrayal of the eccentric coach. At the 2007 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta, Enberg presented three performances of McGuire at the Alliance Theater. The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division Actor Cotter Smith portrays McGuire in the one-man show. Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage film and television Actor. Those attending the April 1 matinée included Hall of Famers coach Dean Smith (whom McGuire defeated in the 1977 NCAA Championship in Atlanta) and former UCLA All-American center Bill Walton. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Springfield Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Basketball Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28 1931 is a retired head coach of men’s college Basketball. The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for William Theodore "Bill" Walton III (born November 5 1952 is a retired American Basketball player and current Television Sportscaster
- Enberg is the father of actor Alexander Enberg and musician Andrew Enberg by former wife Jeri Taylor. Alexander Enberg (born April 5, 1972) is an Actor and Film producer who is the son of television Scriptwriter and producer Jeri Taylor is a television scriptwriter and producer who is known for her contributions to the Star Trek series He is currently married to Barbara Hedbring and has one son, Ted Enberg.
See also
Further reading
- Einhorn, Eddie; Ron Rapaport (2006). The first name that's slated is the Play-by-play man while the Color commentator or commentators are slated second How March Became Madness: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest Sporting Event in America. Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-809-6.
- Smale, David (1989). Pauley Pavilion: College Basketball's Showplace. Manhattan, Kansas: Sports Memories Publishing / Jostens Publishing Company.
External links
- CBS Biography: Dick Enberg
- CMUChippewas.com interview 2001
- Enberg, Carter to call games on Westwood One
- Academic center named for Enberg
| Preceded by Curt Gowdy |
Play-by-Play announcer, NCAA Men's Final Four 1976-1981 |
Succeeded by Gary Bender |
| Preceded by Jim McKay |
American television prime time anchor, Summer Olympic Games 1980 |
Succeeded by Jim McKay |
| Preceded by Keith Jackson and Al Michaels |
World Series network television play-by-play announcer (with Joe Garagiola in 1982) 1982 |
Succeeded by Al Michaels (in odd numbered years only) and Vin Scully (in even numbered years only) |
| Preceded by Curt Gowdy |
Play-by-Play announcer, Rose Bowl 1980-1988 |
Succeeded by Keith Jackson |
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