Verne Lundquist Biography

Fast Facts

• Has broadcast more than 20 different sports for CBS
• Has worked for ABC Sports (1974-81), CBS (1982-95 and 1998-present) and TNT (1995-97)
• Inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 2007
• Spent 12 years (1972-84) as the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys
• Covered the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics alongside Scott Hamilton
• Enshrined in the Texas Hall of Fame (2005), Texas Radio Hall of Fame (2003) and the Sun Bowl Hall of Fame (2005)
• Spent 16 years at the sports director for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas
• Began his career at KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas which was owned by President and Mrs․ Lyndon Johnson
• Appeared as himself in the 1996 film "Happy Gilmore" along with Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald
• Commentator for "Bowling for Dollars" in Dallas, Texas from 1970-74