Pete Gross
| Pete Gross | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 28, 1936 San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1992 (aged 55) Mercer Island, Washington, U.S. |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Team(s) | Seattle Seahawks |
Peter R. "Pete" Gross (December 28, 1936 - December 2, 1992) a Northwest sports announcer, was a household name in Seattle, Washington for 17 years as the "Voice of the Seahawks". He spent most of his career as a radio play-by-play announcer with KIRO (AM). His most memorable call line was "Touchdown Seahawks!" Steve Raible, who served as color commentator with Pete Gross during much of his 17 years, continues to call that line as the Seahawks play-by-play announcer today. Gross' original broadcast partners on the Seahawks radio broadcasts were Don Heinrich and Wayne Cody.
Before announcing for the Seahawks, Gross called football and basketball play-by-play for the University of Washington as well as for the University of the Pacific. He was the play-by-play announcer on KIRO-TV Seattle SuperSonics telecasts from 1976-78. The Seahawks inducted Gross into the Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1992. In his 17 seasons, Gross called almost every game, only missing five games in 1992 due to cancer. In 1983, Gross was in the broadcast booth as the Seahawks came within one game of the January 1984 Super Bowl.
Gross was born in 1936, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. He graduated from Tamalpais High School in 1954. He attended USC and graduated from the University of Miami where he competed as a swimmer.
Gross was married to Beverly Sue Peterson; they had three daughters.
Gross began his career in sports broadcasting as high school play-by-play announcer in Watsonville, California. Later, he worked as a Top 40 disc jockey at KSRO Santa Rosa, KXOA Sacramento (using the on-air name "Tony King"), and KJOY Stockton. While in Sacramento, Gross also served as Director of Public Relations for the Sacramento Capitols of the Continental Football League while also doing football play-by-play for American River College. At K-JOY Gross was play-by-play broadcaster for the University of the Pacific football and basketball. He later continued broadcasting sports on KIRO 710 Radio in Seattle in 1973, covering University of Washington football and basketball, and radio and TV broadcasting of the NBA SuperSonics.
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