22 Facts About Myron Cope

Myron Sidney Kopelman, known professionally as Myron Cope, was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster.

Myron Cope is best known for being "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers".

Myron Cope was known for his distinctive, higher-pitched nasally voice with an identifiable Pittsburgh accent, idiosyncratic speech pattern, and a level of excitement rarely exhibited in the broadcast booth.

Myron Cope helped popularize the Terrible Towel, a rally towel associated with the Steelers.

Myron Cope was the first football announcer inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Myron Cope then became a freelance journalist, most notably for Sports Illustrated, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Myron Cope spent the 1983 college football season as a color analyst for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

In 1968, Myron Cope began doing daily sports commentaries on what was then WTAE-AM radio in Pittsburgh.

In keeping with his comic personality, a series of television commentaries on WTAE-TV saw Myron Cope calling himself "Doctor Myron Cope" and wearing a white lab coat while pretending to examine the opposing team's strengths and weaknesses.

Ilkin would eventually serve as a de facto replacement for Myron Cope following Myron Cope's retirement.

Myron Cope used the term "Cincinnati Bungles" to describe their division rivals, known during the 1990s for a string of bad seasons and numerous draft busts.

Myron Cope was noted for accusing future Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente of being "baseball's champion hypochondriac".

Myron Cope played a large role in the invention of the Terrible Towel.

Originally, Myron Cope wanted to sell rubber Jack Lambert masks, but realizing the high costs for the masks, opted for the inexpensive option for the Terrible Towel.

In 1996, Myron Cope gave the rights to The Terrible Towel to the Allegheny Valley School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Myron Cope married Mildred Lindberg of Charleston in 1965, and the couple moved to Mt.

Myron Cope remained there until his final days, when he entered a Mt.

Myron Cope's son, Daniel, was born with severe autism; he has lived most of his life at the Allegheny Valley School, an institution specializing in intellectual developmental disabilities.

Myron Cope devoted much of his time and energy to Pittsburgh causes addressing autism, and spoke candidly about his experiences as the parent of a child with autism and his efforts to better educate the public at large about autism.

Myron Cope announced his retirement from broadcasting on June 20,2005, citing health concerns.

On October 31,2005, Myron Cope was honored for his lifetime accomplishments at halftime of the contest between the Steelers and the Ravens.

Two days after his death, hundreds of people gathered in heavy snow in front of the Pittsburgh City Hall to honor Myron Cope; included in the ceremony was one minute of silent Terrible Towel waving.