Verne Lundquist
| Verne Lundquist | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 17, 1940 Duluth, Minnesota, United States |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Genre(s) | Play-by-play |
| Sports | American football, Basketball, Golf |
Merton Laverne "Verne" Lundquist, Jr. (born July 17, 1940) is an American sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports' coverage of college football before declaring Army vs Navy on December 10th, 2016 his final game. Lundquist also calls play-by-play for the network's coverage of NCAA Basketball (including the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship) and provides commentary for the Masters and the PGA Championship.
Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran University (formerly Texas Lutheran College), where he was one of the founders of the Omega Tau Fraternity in 1958 before graduating in 1962. He is now a member of the Board of Regents for his alma mater.
Lundquist attended Augustana Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois in 1962. His father was a Lutheran pastor and President of the Nebraska Synod of the Augustana Lutheran Church. Lundquist played basketball and baseball and was a disc jockey at WOC, Davenport, IA. His 'Golden Voice' was the highlight of the seminary class on preaching.
He 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. Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967 and remained with the team until the 1984 season. He was paired with future (and now current) play-by-play man Brad Sham starting with the 1977 season, the year the Cowboys went 12–2 and captured their second NFL title in Super Bowl XII.
Nationally, Lundquist worked for ABC Sports from 1974–81, CBS from 1982–95, and TNT cable from 1995–97 before returning to CBS in 1998.
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