Verne Lundquist graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran University, where he was one of the founders of the Omega Tau Fraternity in 1958 before graduating in 1962.
21 Facts About Verne Lundquist
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Verne Lundquist is a member of the Board of Regents for his alma mater.
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Verne Lundquist played basketball and baseball and was a disc jockey at WOC, Davenport, Iowa.
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Verne Lundquist began his broadcasting career as sports anchor for WFAA in Dallas and in Austin for KTBC, as well as being the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Verne Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967 and remained with the team until the 1984 season.
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Verne Lundquist was sportscaster at WFAA during their 6pm news, while his eventual successor Dale Hansen did the 10pm news.
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Nationally, Verne Lundquist worked for ABC Sports from 1974 to 1981, CBS from 1982 to 1995, and TNT cable from 1995 to 1997 before returning to CBS in 1998.
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Verne Lundquist's patented belly laugh and his contagious enthusiasm for the events he covers have made him one of the more prominent and recognizable on-air talents in network TV.
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Verne Lundquist is among the key voices of NFL Films, and in past years had called regional NFL games for CBS, NBA games for CBS and TNT, and TNT's Sunday Night Football telecasts.
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Verne Lundquist called television play-by-play on Seattle Seahawks preseason games from 2006 to 2008.
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Verne Lundquist planned to contribute to other CBS Sports programs, including its college basketball and golf coverage, for the foreseeable future.
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In March 2018, Verne Lundquist announced he would not work the 2018 NCAA men's basketball tournament, as he was still recovering from back surgery he had in November 2017 and would retire from calling college basketball.
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Verne Lundquist continued calling the PGA Championship for CBS through 2021, and annually covers the The Masters.
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Verne Lundquist has indicated the 2024 Masters will likely be his last broadcast, which would be his 40th year covering the event for CBS.
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Verne Lundquist played himself commentating on golf tournaments in the 1996 motion picture Happy Gilmore.
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Verne Lundquist was a play-by-play announcer in the NBA Live 98 video game and was the play-by-play announcer in the College Hoops 2K8 video game.
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At the 2005 Sun Bowl, Verne Lundquist was inducted into the Sun Bowl Hall of Fame along with former UCLA Bruins football coach Terry Donahue.
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In broadcasting circles, Verne Lundquist is affectionately known as "The Golden Throat".
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Verne Lundquist is on the board of directors of the summer music festival, Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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On October 22,2016, Verne Lundquist was a Celebrity Guest Picker on College GameDay on ESPN.
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Verne Lundquist has had many broadcasting partners over his long career, including:.