List of American public address announcers
This is a list of notable American public address announcers.
Baseball
- Alex Anthony – New York Jets and New York Mets
- Pete Arbogast – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Dan Baker – Philadelphia Phillies
- Rex Barney – Baltimore Orioles
- Carl Beane – Boston Red Sox
- Bruce Binkowski – San Diego Chargers, San Diego Clippers, San Diego Padres, and San Diego State Aztecs
- Renel Brooks-Moon – San Francisco Giants
- Charlie Brotman – U.S. presidential inauguration parades, Washington Senators, Washington Nationals
- Aaron "AC" Larkin - Arizona State University, Grand Canyon University, Sheboygan County Rebels, Goodyear Ballpark
- Frederick William Burns – Earliest known announcer dating to 1884, New York Giants, Track and Field, Bicycle Racing, Automobile Racing, Boxing, Rowing
- Dick Callahan – Oakland Athletics, and Saint Mary's College of California
- Mike Carlucci – Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, Summer Olympics Baseball & Winter Olympics hockey
- Bob Casey – Minnesota Twins
- Marysol Castro – First Woman Announcer for New York Mets, First Latina Woman Announcer in Major League Baseball
- Colin Cosell – New York Mets, Emmy-winning grandson of Howard Cosell
- Kevin Croft - USSSA Men’s Major World Series of Slow Pitch Softball, 1994 - present
- J. Fred Duckett – Houston Astros
- Sherm Feller – Boston Red Sox
- Bob Ford – Houston Astros, University of Houston football
- Paul Friedman – Chicago Cubs
- Halsey Hall – Minnesota Twins
- Jim Hall – New York Giants football team, New York Yankees
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Tom Hutyler – Seattle Mariners
- Wilfred "Wolfie" Jacobs – Early Boston Red Sox announcer at Fenway Park, 1st to announce rookie Babe Ruth, worked for Boston Red Sox for 50 years
- "Admiral" M. J. Kingston – 1st announcer of the Chicago Cubs who lost his job to Pat Pieper, Boxing
- Todd Leitz – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Joy Hawkins McCabe – 1st Woman Baseball Announcer, Washington Senators, subbing one single game for Charlie Brotman in 1966
- Wayne Messmer – Chicago Cubs
- Joel Meyers – St. Louis Cardinals
- Josh Miller – San Francisco Giants Spring Training, Grand Canyon University baseball, Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League
- Chuck Morgan - Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals As of September 27, 2020, has announced 3,001 consecutive Major League games.
- Nick Nickson – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Paul Olden – New York Yankees
- E. Lawrence Phillips – Washington Senators, Earliest known World Series announcer for the 1911 World Series, Known as "One-Armed Announcer" as he had no left arm
- Pat Pieper – Chicago Cubs
- Ryan Pritt – Cleveland Indians
- Bob Tayek - Cleveland Indians
- John Ramsey – Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Angels, USC Trojans
- John “Tex” Rickards – Brooklyn Dodgers announcer replaced by John Ramsey when the team moved to Los Angeles.
- Harry Safir - New York Giants, Earliest announcer of the New York Yankees in 1903, His primary job was caterer at the Polo Grounds
- Stu Schwartz (aka Stuntman Stu) – Ottawa Senators
- Bob Sheppard – New York Yankees, New York Giants
Basketball
- Michael Baiamonte – Miami Heat
- Michael Clapper – Washington Mystics
- Ray Clay – Chicago Bulls[1][2] Chicago Sky
- Byron Hudtloff – Washington Valor, George Washington University Men's Basketball
- Frank Fallon – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- John Mason – Detroit Pistons
- Vince Marotta – Phoenix Suns
- Ralph Wesley – Washington Wizards
- Lawrence Tanter – Los Angeles Lakers[3]
- Dave Zinkoff – Philadelphia 76ers
- Andy Jick – Boston Celtics, Boston College
- Stan Kelly – San Antonio Spurs
- Eddie Palladino – Boston Celtics
- Shawn Parker – Minnesota Timberwolves
- Olivier Sedra – Brooklyn Nets[4]
- Mike Walczewski – New York Knicks
- Dan Roberts – Utah Jazz
• Sean Peebles- Cleveland Cavaliers
Boxing/Wrestling
- Michael Buffer – Boxing
- Tony Chimel – World Wrestling Entertainment
- David Diamante – boxing[5]
- Johnny Parnell Dunne – Boxing, Self-proclaimed "Champion Announcer of the World" in the late 19th century, famous for continually challenging Fred Burns, Pete Prunty, Charles Harvey and Joe Humphries to announcing contests which never occurred
- Howard Finkel – World Wrestling Entertainment
- Lilian Garcia – World Wrestling Entertainment
- Charles "Handlebar Charley" Harvey – Boxing, Track and Field, Announcer for [[World%27s Columbian Exposition]|1893 Chicago World's Fair]], Boxing manager, promoter, secretary and commissioner, vanguard in getting Boxing included in modern Olympic Games
- Joe Humphreys – Boxing, member of the Boxing Hall of Fame
- Peter Prunty – Boxing, Track and Field, part of the original group of Fred Burns, John Dunne, Charley Harvey and Joe Humphries at the turn of the 20th Century.
- Jimmy Lennon, Jr. – boxing
- Justin Roberts – All Elite Wrestling, formerly of World Wrestling Entertainment
- Belle W. Martell – Earliest known Woman Announcer, Boxing, she and her husband, Art, managed Jim Jeffries's famed Jeffries Red Barn fight venue.
Football
- Jody Dean – Dallas Cowboys
- Sean Valley - Inglemoor Vikings, prev Lake Washington, Bothell, Redmond.
- Mike "The Duke" Donegan – Tennessee Titans
- Kevin Heilbronner – Greensboro Swarm
- Roger Emrich - Dallas Cowboys
- Sam Lagana – Los Angeles Rams
- Rob Schuller - New England Patriots
- Dave McHugh – Baltimore Brigade
- John Magrino – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL International Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Orange Bowl, Outback Bowl
Horse racing
- Chic Anderson – horse racing (best known for work at Belmont Park)
- Sergeant Major Michael R. Dudley – United States Presidential Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremonies, Department of Defense, Military District of Washington, The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own), Boston Pops Orchestra
- Tom Durkin – horse racing
- Phil Georgeff – horse racing
- Dave Johnson – horse racing
Ice Hockey
- Budd Lynch – Detroit Red Wings
- Lou Nolan – Philadelphia Flyers
- Paul Morris – Toronto Maple Leafs
- William Watson – IIHF, MLRH – Ice and Inline hockey.
- Joe Wowk – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Wes Johnson – Washington Capitals
Mixed
- Tom Carnegie – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana high school basketball
- Joshua Carroll – University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas high school basketball, football, baseball, track & field
- Charles "Chuck" Edwards – New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans
- Greg Gardner - WNBA Chicago Sky, University of Illinois - Chicago Basketball and Volleyball, Illinois High School Association State Finals - Volleyball, Gymnastics, Lacrosse
- Marty Glickman – (sports announcer)
- Dwight Isenhoward - Winston Salem Dash, Catawba Indians, Elkin Buckin Elks
- Alan Longley - WNBA Connecticut Sun, AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey, Fairfield University Men's and Women's Lacrosse
- Chuck Morris - University of Tennessee baseball; 2015 Special Olympics World Games, basketball.
- Bill Melton - Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowls VI, VIII and IX; 1996 Olympic Soccer; Texas Rangers; Cotton Bowl Classic; Texas Relays; NCAA Track and Field and Basketball Championships, SMU Football and Basketball; 1994 Men's World Cup Soccer; 2003 Women's World Cup Soccer; 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championships; World Championship Tennis, Dallas Chaparrals Basketball; 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugural Parade and Ceremonies
- Dan Pfeifer - Alverno Inferno, Marquette University Men's and Women's Soccer, Lakeshore Chinooks, Racine Raiders
- Alan Roach – Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, Olympic Hockey, Olympic Boxing
- Jeff Shreve – Cleveland Browns – University of Akron, Canton Charge, Mid-American Conference
- Eric Smith – Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Don Wadewitz - Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, UW-Whitewater Warhawks
References
- "Chicago Bulls Introduction – Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals".
- "Chicago Bulls 1998 NBA Championship Rally Lineup Introductions – by Bulls P.A. Announcer Ray Clay".
- "Broadcasting Live: Lawrence Tanter – Basketball and All That Jazz".
- http://www.nba.com/nets/news/2017/09/19/brooklyn-nets-name-olivier-sedra-public-address-announcer
- "He said, "Brooklyn Ball!!" - NetsDaily".
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