47 Facts About Chris Marlowe

Christian Marlowe was born on September 28,1951 and is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Denver, Colorado.

Chris Marlowe currently is the play-by-play announcer for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association in the fall, winter and spring, and in the summer he is a play-by-play announcer for the Association of Volleyball Professionals.

Chris Marlowe is a former collegiate basketball and volleyball player and played on the US National Men's Volleyball Team.

Chris Marlowe played beach volleyball extensively and won numerous tournaments on the Open beach circuit.

Chris Marlowe was a captain of the US men's volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.

Chris Marlowe's father, Hugh Marlowe, was an actor and starred in over 30 movies.

Chris Marlowe's maternal grandfather was the prolific film director Sam Wood, who was a three-time Academy Award nominee.

Chris Marlowe was a two-sport standout at Palisades High School in Los Angeles, California, playing basketball and volleyball.

Chris Marlowe graduated in 1969, after being selected a high school All-American.

Chris Marlowe was awarded an athletic scholarship at San Diego State University, where he played both basketball and volleyball.

Chris Marlowe played guard, and was a steady and consistent performer.

Chris Marlowe was selected Pacific Coast Athletic Association "Newcomer of the Year" in his freshman year.

Chris Marlowe lettered all four seasons at SDSU, and set a school record by playing in 114 consecutive games.

The Aztecs of San Diego State were soon contenders for the national title, and Chris Marlowe was one of the standouts on the team.

Chris Marlowe was a starting outside hitter and setter for the Aztecs.

Chris Marlowe was selected to the All Tournament team and was made first team All-American.

Chris Marlowe was voted Most Valuable Player at the USVBA Open Nationals in 1976 and again in 1978.

Chris Marlowe had time enough left in the summer to team with Steve Obradovich and win the largest and most coveted beach event of the day, the Manhattan Beach Open.

Chris Marlowe teamed with Jim Menges, whose former partner, Greg Lee, had left to pursue a career in professional basketball.

Chris Marlowe then paired with Ron Von Hagen to win the Rosecrans Open.

Chris Marlowe did not play on the beach in 1978 but returned in 1979, partnering with Fred Sturm.

All told Chris Marlowe won eight open tournaments, including two highly prestigious Manhattan Beach Opens and the 1977 World Championship.

Chris Marlowe's teammates chose him to be their team captain.

The US national team failed to qualify for the 1976 Olympic games, and Chris Marlowe returned to California and beach volleyball.

Chris Marlowe became the driving force for establishing a full-time, year-around volleyball training center.

Chris Marlowe appealed to SDSU Aztecs coach Jack Henn to help him make the transition from outside hitter to setter.

Chris Marlowe could have gone off in his gold chains, but he humbled himself and asked for help.

Chris Marlowe saw the game like few players see it.

That was the most intense, most emotional time, and Chris Marlowe was the key to that training and our success.

Chris Marlowe pursued this career as well, and in 1978 he spent a year appearing in the daytime TV series Love of Life.

Chris Marlowe is a play-by-play announcer who splits his time between two major commitments.

Chris Marlowe first got an opportunity to do TV broadcast work when ABC hired him to provide color commentary for the 1978 NCAA indoor volleyball championship.

When Chris Marlowe started with Prime Ticket, his first partner on play-by-play was Lynn Shackleford.

When Erickson quit that opened up the play-by-play spot that Chris Marlowe had been preparing for.

Chris Marlowe moved over to play-by-play and was joined in the booth by former teammate Paul Sunderland as his analyst.

Chris Marlowe did Pacific-10 College Football play-by-play for FOX Sports Northwest, NCAA College Basketball on ESPN and FOX, San Diego State Basketball and WUSA Soccer for San Diego's Cox Cable, AVP Professional Beach Volleyball for NBC, college volleyball for CSTV, and NCAA Championships in swimming, diving, gymnastics and volleyball for ESPN.

Chris Marlowe has called aerobics, baseball, boxing, cliff-diving, equestrian show jumping, fencing, poker, rhythmic gymnastics, skiing, college soccer, track and field, water polo, wind surfing and wrestling.

Chris Marlowe was an occasional anchor on the Southern California Sports Report.

Chris Marlowe is a veteran of four consecutive Olympic telecasts on NBC, starting with calling play-by-play for NBC's coverage of Beach Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Chris Marlowe has done AVP events for NBC, college volleyball for CSTV, and volleyball, football and basketball for ESPN.

Chris Marlowe has seen a number of changes in sports broadcasting over his career, among which is having women in front of the camera.

Chris Marlowe notes having enjoyed working with Michele Tafoya and Heather Cox, comments that both are very good at their jobs, and states having women as sports broadcasters has been a good change in the sports broadcasting industry.

Chris Marlowe is interested in working in the film industry and has interned at DiNovi Pictures.

Chris Marlowe currently is an executive assistant at William Morris Endeavor.

In 1986, Chris Marlowe was inducted into the USVBA Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas.

Finally, on 23 April 2017, Chris Marlowe was inducted into the Los Angeles City Section sports Hall of Fame.

At his induction into the Los Angeles City Section sports Hall of Fame, Chris Marlowe spoke of the athletic accomplishments he valued most.