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Freakin legend.
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RIP **** Enberg (1 Viewer)
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Zegras11
Footballguy
Yep. I grew up falling asleep to him broadcasting Angels games on my radio from age 9-18. Probably over 1000 games. I loved Sports Challenge back then also.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Madden and Summerall got most of the fanfare, and deservedly so, but Enberg and Merlin Olsen were a hugely underrated broadcasting team. They did the big AFC games each week, which usually involved Oakland, Miami or Denver, and that's what remember most from him.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I loved watching him and Bud Collins do Wimbledon. Always fun.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Enberg did not have an ounce of self-promotion in him. He may have been even more popular otherwise. "Ohhhh my" was legitimate excitement.
-jb-
Footballguy
In The Zone
Footballguy
Definitely a legend.
RIP
RIP
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Probably my favorite play-by-play guy growing up. Thanks for the memories Mr. Enberg.
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
"Do kids ever tire of Christmas? The excitement of this job is never dull because in all the years and thousands of games I've called, I've never done the same one twice." — **** Enberg
Eephus
Footballguy
He was extremely versatile, working as wide a variety of sports as anyone. His style complimented an even greater variety of broadcast partners including idiosyncratic ones like Al McGuire and Bud Collins. Enberg's solid play-by-play gave his color men tons of rope to play with but you got the feeling that Enberg enjoyed hearing their stories as much as they liked to tell them.
I loved it when he came out of retirement to do Padres television broadcasts in recent years. San Diego could be 30 games back but his presence in the booth made meaningless games seem more important. But even as a broadcasting legend, he never made himself bigger than the game.
I loved it when he came out of retirement to do Padres television broadcasts in recent years. San Diego could be 30 games back but his presence in the booth made meaningless games seem more important. But even as a broadcasting legend, he never made himself bigger than the game.
Aerial Assault
Footballguy
:( Sad that he had his bags packed for a trip to Boston (working?), but never made it. I'm glad he didn't suffer. Nice man, great broadcaster.
GregR
Footballguy
Easily my favorite announcer as a kid.
Sundays were for going over to play football at a friend's house where we'd made a football field complete with a goal post at one end for extra points. Then coming back home, battered and bruised, and lying in front of the fireplace and watching the afternoon game that usually seemed to have Enberg and Olson calling them.
Sundays were for going over to play football at a friend's house where we'd made a football field complete with a goal post at one end for extra points. Then coming back home, battered and bruised, and lying in front of the fireplace and watching the afternoon game that usually seemed to have Enberg and Olson calling them.
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The General
Footballguy
Great voice, always made watching the game better. RIP.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
R.I.P. to a true legend.
I still remember his dialogue at the end of Super Bowl 32 about John Elway, regarding him crying the prior year when they lost to Jacksonville and how this, the win over the Packers, was the culmination of a Hall of Fame QB. Just perfect.
I still remember his dialogue at the end of Super Bowl 32 about John Elway, regarding him crying the prior year when they lost to Jacksonville and how this, the win over the Packers, was the culmination of a Hall of Fame QB. Just perfect.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Ned
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Some of my earliest football on TV memories are of Enberg and Olsen, and me being confused why the guy on Little House on the Prairie knew so much about football.
Doug B
Footballguy
Tell me this 1988 AFC Playoff game opening doesn't take you back. Enberg delivered that week in, week out in at least four sports (baseball, football, basketball, and tennis) not counting his iconic Olympic coverage.
Requiescat in pace.
Requiescat in pace.
Todem
Footballguy
Not to get off subject.....but watching that reminds me of how bad the NFL is today. And how they have destroyed the broadcast experience with Instant Replay and the endless noise of talking about what makes a catch and so many horrible announcers we have today who just do not have the elegant delivery of Enberg.
The golden goose is truly dead.
Enberg was part of the golden age of the NFL. A huge part of it.
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DocHolliday
Footballguy
Seriously had the perfect voice for his job. Seemed intelligent but not overbearing. He pulled you into the games but then was so good that you didn't notice him. Legend.
Doug B
Footballguy
Man, didn't Enberg's enthusiasm make even the promotional material sound cool? "The Heartbeat of America ... Chevrolet!" Announcers today usually deliver that stuff with a disaffected "whatevs" tone. Yeah, it's boilerplate and nowhere near the main course of the broadcast ... but Enberg's professionalism on even the smallest details of the broadcast made a huge difference to the listener's anticipation of the event itself.
These days ... if you miss the first 10 minutes of an NFL game broadcast, do you really feel like you've missed anything?
Same here. Early football & home to listen to Enberg call Raiders games when they were on regularly. Ate a lot of Sunday dinners with either Enberg or Summerall.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
He even made Simms tolerable!
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
LEGEND. RIP
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
simply the best. RIP -
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Rough couple of years. So many voices that made the soundtrack of my life have been silenced.
Great announer, but his work with Merlin Olson on the national AFC games will always stand out to me. If I close my I can still hear **** and Merlin calling a Raiders/Broncos game from Mile High with my dad while my mom’s chili cooks in the kitchen.
That era had so many great teams and personalities. **** Enberg was a big part of that era. RIP.
Great announer, but his work with Merlin Olson on the national AFC games will always stand out to me. If I close my I can still hear **** and Merlin calling a Raiders/Broncos game from Mile High with my dad while my mom’s chili cooks in the kitchen.
That era had so many great teams and personalities. **** Enberg was a big part of that era. RIP.
Zegras11
Footballguy
Watched a Sports Challenge last night on YouTube. 1957 Yankees vs 1957 Mil Braves and then the Yankees again vs LA Kings. Just amazing. On most of the clips, he would recreate the play by play again and in everyone, it sounds like he was actually there when it happened.
I only missed a handful of his radio broadcast of the ten years of Angels games with my radio under my pillow. Same with Chick Hearn and the Lakers
I only missed a handful of his radio broadcast of the ten years of Angels games with my radio under my pillow. Same with Chick Hearn and the Lakers
Eephus
Footballguy
James Bond
Footballguy
Baseball, football, basketball, golf, whatever. He was great at what he did and made it enjoyable for the audience every time. RIP to one of the greatest.
