A native of suburban Detroit, Michigan, Dick Enberg grew up near
Pontiac, one of Detroit's suburbs. Upon graduating from high school
Enberg went to college first at Central Michigan University and then at
Indiana University. After graduating from college Dick moved to Los
Angeles to become an assistant baseball coach at Northridge State
University (Cal State-Northridge).
Shortly thereafter Dick became a sportscaster. At first Enberg called
local minor league sports, but then became the play-by-play man for the
(then) Los Angeles Rams, the California (now Anaheim) Angels, and the
UCLA Bruins. He first earned national fame on the cartoon Where's Huddles? (1970), then
earned a breakthrough role as the host of Sports Challenge (1971). His NBC connection
began with Baffle (1973), and, upon the cancellation of Three for the Money (1975) became a
full-time sportscaster for NBC, calling NFL games that year. Eventually
he rose to become NBC's top play-by-play announcer, calling during the
late '70s, the '80s and '90s such sports as college and NBA basketball;
golf, including many U.S. Opens in the '90s; tennis, including
Wimbledon and the French Open; baseball; and, of course, NFL football,
including 8 Super Bowls, the last of which also was NBC's final NFL
game and was held in San Diego, California, where he currently resides.
Months after NBC lost the NFL, Enberg received his star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as a sportscaster. After NBC lost
NFL rights Enberg was seen rarely on the Peacock web, calling only a
few sports events, including college basketball and tennis. In 1999 he
was replaced on NBC's golf coverage by Dan Hicks , and at years's end
left NBC and joined CBS, not only to resume NFL football, but also to
become of the Eye web's college basketball announcers. In addition, he
now calls the U.S. Open tennis tournament for CBS.
