 Born in Duluth, Minnesota, on July 17,
1940, sportscasting legend Verne Lundquist was named Texas
Sportscaster of the Year seven consecutive times, from 1977-1983.
His other accolades include being enshrined in the Texas Hall of
Fame, the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and the Sun Bowl Hall of Fame.
Lundquist began his career in Texas, where he was Sports director
of WFAA-TV for 16 years and became the radio voice of the Dallas
Cowboys for 12 years. In addition to his work on radio for the
Cowboys, Lundquist also broadcast for ABC from 1974-1981. After
finishing with the Cowboys in 1984, he moved to CBS where he
announced a variety of sports including the Olympics and Masters
Golf. In 1995, he moved to TNT briefly to do play-by-play of the
NFL, NBA, golf, and figure skating for the network. After three
years he returned to CBS, where he continues to cover golf,
including the Masters, and is the lead play-by-play announcer of
CBS's coverage of college football and basketball. In all, during
his tenure at CBS he has covered more than 20 different sports. In
recognition of these outstanding achievements, Lunquist was
enshrined in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of
Fame on April 30, 2007. |