Dick Enberg (1935–2017)

Richard Alan Enberg was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan on January 9, 1935. He received a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University and a master's degree and a doctorate in health science at Indiana University. He taught at San Fernando Valley State College and was an assistant baseball show more coach. He also found work in radio, moving from disc jockey to calling water polo, boxing, and horse racing. NBC hired him as a sportscaster in 1975. He later moved to CBS and then to ESPN. He called Super Bowls, baseball and basketball games, Olympic events, golf and tennis tournaments, and boxing matches. He received the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence from the Baseball Hall of Fame. His autobiography, Oh My! written with Jim Perry, was published in 2004. He died on December 21, 2017 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) show less