RAY SCOTT: Scott began calling Packers games in the 1950s and was the voice of the Lombardi dynasty of the 1960s, when CBS had crews dedicated to specific teams until 1968. Michaels has called 10 Super Bowls and is a play-by-play announcer willing to interject his opinions into the broadcast when needed, as well as frequent thinly veiled gambling references to point spreads and over/unders. Michaels was viewed as so important to the premier prime-time package that NBC traded the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s precursor to Mickey Mouse, to Disney in order to get the rights for Michaels to call Sunday night games in 2006.
Touchdown.” He announced a record 16 Super Bowls on network television and contributed to 10 on the radio as well.ĪL MICHAELS: Michaels has been a prime-time fixture in the NFL for decades as the voice of “Monday Night Football” on ABC for 20 years and is now entering his 14th season calling Sunday night games on NBC. A call of a big TD for Summerall could be as simple as “Montana. With an economy of words and understated persona, he helped analysts Madden and Tom Brookshier shine. He shifted to a play-by-play role in 1974 at CBS and that’s where he really shined. He started off as an analyst and was part of the first Super Bowl broadcast. PAT SUMMERALL: Summerall transitioned from a successful playing career to the booth in the 1960s and became the voice of the NFL. Here’s a look at some of the iconic voices of the NFL:
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