Brian Drebber

Brian Drebber (July 27, 1950 – August 23, 2018) was an American sports commentator who was employed by the television network Speed before his death in August 2018.

Brian Drebber
Born(1950-07-27)July 27, 1950
Guam, Mariana Islands
DiedAugust 23, 2018(2018-08-23) (aged 68)
Canton, Georgia, U.S.
OccupationSportscaster
EmployerSpeed

Career

Drebber was born in Guam, Mariana Islands. Since 1978, he was a play-by-play, analyst, reporter, writer, and producer, covering eight Olympic, Pan American and Goodwill Games as well as world championships in 25 different sports including, aerobics, Drag boat racing, curling,[1] cycling, and Nordic Events,[2] for TNT, ESPN,[3] ABC, CBS, and PBS.[4]

He last broadcast AMA Superbike Championship, ARCA RE/MAX Series Racing, USAR Hooters Pro Cup, and Bike Week for Speed.[5]

Drebber got his start as a broadcaster and sports reporter by providing commentary over the public address system at the Trexlertown Velodrome in the mid-1970s. As a rider there, his nickname was "Dribbles". It was soon discovered that he was a far better announcer than rider and his announcing style quickly became very popular at Trexlertown, because he knew the sport and the riders very well and had a keen sense of humor.

Death

Drebber died on August 23, 2018, in Canton, Georgia, en route to the airport, when his motorcycle struck a deer. He was 68. He was engaged to fiancée Mara Yetter and had a daughter Robin Drebber and Granddaughter Kylie von Drebber as well as sister Donna.[6][7]

gollark: And have had various security issues because apparently the entire thing is designed by bees. Why do we even *have* SIM cards?
gollark: I think SIM cards actually run Java applications of some kind.
gollark: Well, the entire phone network is apparently awful in a variety of ways.
gollark: > 1987 - Larry Wall falls asleep and hits Larry Wall's forehead on the keyboard. Upon waking Larry Wall decides that the string of characters on Larry Wall's monitor isn't random but an example program in a programming language that God wants His prophet, Larry Wall, to design. Perl is born.
gollark: Given that it doesn't mention hex, maybe it's in another context.

References
  1. The 1992 Winter Olympics TV Coverage — CBS, TNT hoping for good weather
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2017-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Roanoke Times". Nl.newsbank.com. 1994-05-11. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  4. The Announcers
  5. "Speed TV bio". Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  6. Frothingham, Stephen (August 23, 2018). "Race announcer Brian Drebber dies in motorcycle crash". bicycleretailer.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  7. Carruthers, Paul (August 23, 2018). "Brian Drebber, 1950-2018". motoamerica.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018.


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