Dick Enberg: Biography
- Since 1985, Dick has served as the spokesperson for the Verizon Academic All-America program. The program recognizes the academic and athletic achievements of more than 700 student athletes each year.(edit)
- Dick has written a one-man theatrical play entitled "McGuire" after his friend and late broadcasting partner Al McGuire.(edit)
- As a member of the broadcasting team on CBS, Dick calls college basketball games, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, and the Masters and PGA Tournaments in golf.(edit)
- Dick's surname is of Swedish origin.(edit)
- Dick was inducted into Central Michigan University's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the Indiana University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2006.(edit)
- Dick became the first U.S. sportscaster to visit the People's Republic of China in 1973.(edit)
- Dick is the only sportscaster to have won an Emmy in three different categories: broadcasting, writing, and producing.(edit)
- Dick has been honored with numerous awards regarding his broadcasting. He has won 13 Emmy Awards, 9 National Sportscaster of the Year Awards, the NBA's Curt Gowdy Award, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.(edit)
- After working 25 years for NBC, Dick was hired by CBS in 2000.(edit)
- As a part of the NFL on NBC broadcasting team, Dick called eight Super Bowls, with the last one being Super Bowl XXXII in 1998.(edit)
- He joined NBC as a broadcaster in 1975.(edit)
- Dick has been an announcer for 10 different sports: baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, college football, college basketball, horse racing, boxing, and the Olympic Games.(edit)
- He was the co-producer of the PBS sports-history series entitled The Way It Was.(edit)
- Dick won California Sportscaster of the Year four times.(edit)
- Dick's trademark expression on the air is "Oh, my!"(edit)
- Dick became a full-time sportscaster in 1965. He started out announcing for baseball's California Angels, football's Los Angeles Rams, and college basketball's UCLA Bruins.(edit)
- Dick was an assistant professor and baseball coach at California State University, Northridge from 1961 to 1965.(edit)
- He is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.(edit)
- Dick attended two universities: Central Michigan University and Indiana University. He earned masters and doctorates degrees in health sciences while attending Indiana University.(edit)
- Dick: (after a California Angels victory when announcing baseball) And the halo shines tonight!(edit)
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