Don Criqui holds the record for longest-tenured NFL broadcaster in US TV history, calling NFL football for 47 seasons on NBC and CBS.
13 Facts About Don Criqui
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Don Criqui called 11 Orange Bowl games while with NBC, including games that decided the college football national championship for 1981,1983,1984,1985 and 1987.
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From 2006 until 2017, Don Criqui served as the football radio play-by-play voice for Notre Dame, his alma mater.
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Don Criqui is a native of Buffalo, New York and grew up in the suburb of Kenmore.
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Don Criqui graduated from St Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Kenmore, before attending the University of Notre Dame.
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Don Criqui began with CBS in 1967 before moving to NBC Sports in 1979; he was 'traded' by CBS to NBC for Curt Gowdy.
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When CBS reacquired the NFL in 1998, Don Criqui rejoined the network, and continued to serve as a play-by-play announcer as part of the NFL on CBS until his retirement from that position after the 2012 season.
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Don Criqui has announced a number of other sports for CBS, NBC and ESPN including college football, college basketball, the ABA, the NBA, the NHL, professional golf and tennis tournaments, Triple Crown horse racing, the Canadian Football League and several Summer Olympics events.
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Don Criqui was the radio play-by-play voice of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football on the Notre Dame IMG Sports Network from 2006 to 2018.
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Don Criqui served as a sportscaster on WOR radio in New York on the Rambling with Gambling show, as well as on WNBC radio on Imus in the Morning.
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Don Criqui called "Red Right 88" in 1980, when Brian Sipe threw an interception in the end zone to end the Cleveland Browns' season.
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Don Criqui was presented with the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Don Criqui is a member of the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.