List of Great Sports Announcers

[NJCardFan]

I was going to put those names down but didn't want a long list.

Love hearing Shannon saying " Ice Cold Bud Beer!" HeyHeyheyheyheyhey!

Back during the Broad St. Bullies days of the Flyers, Gene Hart and Don Earl had their own catch phrase similar that the current Flyers broadcasters brought back recently and it goes something like this:

"Barber shoots, he scores for a case of Tastykake!"

Harry Kalas had his "That ball's outta here!"

Marv Albert and his "yesssssss!"

Johnny Most, "stop, shot, bang!"

Nowadays announcers do nothing but blather on about nonsense. Makes me wish that the NBC experiment by airing a game with no announcing actually worked. The game tells a good enough story.

 

[NJCardFan]

My favs:

1) Summerall & Brookshire

Do you remember what got Brookie fired from CBS?

 

[BigRedFan]

Mostly agree with this, also liked Summerall/Brookshier. Summerall did mainly NFC games.
Al Michaels for various sports.
Gifford for MNF held it together. Gifford/Michaels/Dierdorf was also a good trio.
Brent Musberger on the old NFL today before he was fired.
Dick Enberg for the AFC games
Harry Kalas from the NFL films shows

For me it was

1) Summerall & Madden

2) Keith Jackson-the voice of college football

3) Al Michaels NFL-has done it all

5) Cosell/Gifford/Dandy Don-best 3 man both ever!

6) Jack Buck-doing Cardinals games

7) Brent Musberger

8) Dick Enberg-a legend

9) Harry Kalas and Richie Asburn

 

[SissyBoyFloyd]

Vin Scully is the best I ever have heard. Even today at his age, once you listen to a Dodger game and hear his stories about each and every player past, present, and in that night's game, you know why. I can't stand to listen to other baseball radio announcers. They just arent interesting after listening to Scully. The man is a walking history book of not only the players, but of their families and lives. It is so far above anyone else I ever listened to, it just isn't the same or as enjoyable. I am not even a Dodger fan, or have been for going on 40 yrs.

When I try to listen to the homers that announce Yankee or other team's games, they all just seem flat. Not saying they all are bad. It is just hard to believe one person could rise above the others by so much. As much as anything, he is one of the things I wish I had never left So Cal for 30+ yrs ago.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Harry Caray before he went to the Cubs. He and Jimmy Piersall were great doing Sox games back in the day. It was like a party in the booth while watching a ballgame.

Pat Foley is a favorite doing the Blackhawks games as well. I also like the Penguins announcers.

 

[the bigredbird33]

For old AFL games nobody was better then Charlie Jones with Al De Rogottis doing color

 

[Mitch]

For old AFL games nobody was better then Charlie Jones with Al De Rogottis doing color

That's a GREAT call! Man were they classic!

 

[Cards Czar]

AFL Championship Games- annousers.

SeasonNetworkPlay-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s)
1969[1]NBC---------Curt Gowdy-------Kyle Rote
1968[2]NBC---------Curt Gowdy-------Kyle Rote
1967[3]NBC---------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman
1966[4]NBC---------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman----Pat Hernon
1965[5]NBC---------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman----Charlie Jones
1964[6]ABC---------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman
1963ABC------------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman
1962[7]ABC---------Curt Gowdy-------Paul Christman----Jack Buck
1961[8]ABC---------Jack Buck--------George Ratterman--Bob Neal
1960[9]ABC---------Jack Buck--------George Ratterman----Les Keiter

 

[TJ]

Vin Scully, Al McCoy, and Jim Nantz

 

[JeffGollin]

For old AFL games nobody was better then Charlie Jones with Al De Rogottis doing color

When Diro announced for the Giants, he had trouble getting yardage right. As in:

"1st & 10 at the Cardinal thirty. Simms to Joe Morris over the middle for 7."

"2nd & 5 at the Cardinal 22. Simms scrambles for 2."

"OK. It's 1st & 10 at the Cardinal 18."

(Oy Vey!)

And, oh yeah, Mel Allen coined the HR terms: Ballantine Blast" and "White Owl Wallop."

Red Barber once butchered a call involving a Latino shortstop named Jesus (pron: Hay-ZUS). The dude booted a routine grounder, and Barber chimed in with: "Well it looks like Jesus got crucified on that one..."

 

[newarkcardinal1]

Hey Jeff dont be so hard on Al de he's a Jersey guy he went to my old high school in Newark, Cardinals coming to play the Giants at Yankee stadium that you and I both know Marty Glickman on the radio was the best

 

[wa52lz]

Growing up here it was Tom Dillon doing the Devils and then the Cards and Vin Scully calling the Dodgers on KTAR in the pre-Dback days.

 

[BigRedArk]

Back in the Mid 60's when NFL (before the merger) games were on CBS Jack Whitaker was a great play-by-play announcer.

He used to do a lot of the Cardinals games. He had a great voice and whenever I knew we were gonna get one of the Big Red's games (Cards were our alternate team to the Cowboys) I would always hope Whitaker would call the game.

 

[JeffGollin]

Hey Jeff dont be so hard on Al de he's a Jersey guy he went to my old high school in Newark, Cardinals coming to play the Giants at Yankee stadium that you and I both know Marty Glickman on the radio was the best

And before that, it was Marty Glickman, Ward Wilson and Bert Lee Jr ((eventually replaced by Gussie Moran).

Marty used to announce the HS Game of the Week on local NYC TV.

 

[Avondale Red Rage]

Loved Pat Summerall, and obviously biased, but NO ONE will top Ernie Harwell in my book. Hearing his voice on the radio was like having your grandfather call Tiger games for me. RIP.

 

[john h]

Here is my list. Post yours.

This week in baseball: Mel Allen

NFL Films: John Facenda

Baseball: Jack Buck & Harry Carry

Hockey: Dan Kelly

Wide World of Sports: Jim McKay & Keith Jackson

American Sportsman: Curt Gowdy

College Football: Keith Jackson

NFL: Pat Summerall & John Madden

College Basketball: Guss Johnson & Dick Emberg & Steve Bardo

You got to throw in the great Dodgers baseball announcer of today.

If you are old enough you will remember they used to do baseball on radio using a ticker tape. I believe it was Don Elson who did the White Sox games that I would listen to late at night. That was as about as bad as it ever was. No emotion and totally bland. Later they added some background noise of a crowd yelling when something happened. Was that ever exciting.

 

[JeffGollin]

Loved Pat Summerall, and obviously biased, but NO ONE will top Ernie Harwell in my book. Hearing his voice on the radio was like having your grandfather call Tiger games for me. RIP.

I once wrote Ernie and several other sports announcers for an elementary school project on sports announcing as a career. The only response I got was a lengthy letter of encouragement from Ernie.

Class act.

 

[Cards Czar]

You got to throw in the great Dodgers baseball announcer of today.

If you are old enough you will remember they used to do baseball on radio using a ticker tape. I believe it was Don Elson who did the White Sox games that I would listen to late at night. That was as about as bad as it ever was. No emotion and totally bland. Later they added some background noise of a crowd yelling when something happened. Was that ever exciting.

Vaguely remember it. Now I am from the Mid-West and I do know the Dodgers announcers its just my preference. KMOX use to do the Cardinals games and with their super large antenna they could reach all the way south down to Texas, west to Colorado, east to Ohio and North to Iowa.

 

[JeffGollin]

Vaguely remember it. Now I am from the Mid-West and I do know the Dodgers announcers its just my preference. KMOX use to do the Cardinals games and with their super large antenna they could reach all the way south down to Texas, west to Colorado, east to Ohio and North to Iowa.

When the atmosphere was right, I sometimes could pick up KMOX - a lot of static, with the signal fading in and out - here in NJ. I remember picking up an entire locker room celebration when they won the pennant a number of years ago (Before DirecTV or SIRIUS).

 

[NJCardFan]

When the atmosphere was right, I sometimes could pick up KMOX - a lot of static, with the signal fading in and out - here in NJ. I remember picking up an entire locker room celebration when they won the pennant a number of years ago (Before DirecTV or SIRIUS).

There were times when I could pick up Ernie Harwell calling Tigers games or Harry Carey and the Cubs on my Flyers puck shaped transistor radio.

 

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I am the biggest homer ever for this category, because Kent Pavelka is the GOAT. Hands down

 

[O]

Loved Pat Summerall, and obviously biased, but NO ONE will top Ernie Harwell in my book. Hearing his voice on the radio was like having your grandfather call Tiger games for me. RIP.

Ernie Harwell was the best!

 

[newarkcardinal1]

For the old timers on here, who can remember when Frank Gifford would do the half time of the NFL games on CBS he would give the scores on this revolving bord that he used to spinn this was the mid to late 60s