Thursday, 16 April 2026

Dick Enberg

Contest: The US Athletic Hall of Fame - Commentators 2026
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Sport(s): Football, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Horse Racing & Olympics
Statistics & Accolades: National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame
Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame
Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award
Curt Gowdy Media Award
Ford C. Frick Award
9x National Sports Media Association National Sportscaster of the Year
5x American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
14x Emmy Award Winner
Lifetime Achievement Emmy
Hollywood Walk of Fame
With many of our broadcasting nominees, we discuss their ability to move effortlessly from sport to sport. Saying that, nobody did that as long as Dick Enberg, and he has the hardware to prove it.

Beginning his career at the University of Indiana by calling their Football and Basketball games, Enberg would later be a professor at California State University, Northridge (hence his Professor nickname), but he went back to calling games, this time for the Los Angeles Rams and California Angels. Receiving national attention, he joined NBC, and his meticulous preparation and essay-like storytelling were used across the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Enberg would be so good at all three of those sports that he is currently the only person to have won the Pete Rozelle Award, the Curt Gowdy Award, and the Ford C. Frick Award, which honor him, respectively, in the Pro Football, Basketball, and Baseball Halls of Fame.

Enberg was also NBC’s regular go-to for anything sports. He was a regular for their Wimbledon coverage, the Preakness, the Masters, and anything they needed him to do with their Olympic coverage. Enberg wound down his career with a seven-year run as the television play-by-play man for the San Diego Padres.

We are proud to nominate Dick Enberg for the United States Athletic Hall of Fame.

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