List of American public address announcers

This is a list of notable American public address announcers.

Baseball

• Alex Anthony – New York Jets and New York Mets
• Pete Arbogast – Los Angeles Dodgers
• Dan Baker – Philadelphia Phillies
• Rex Barney – Baltimore Orioles
• Carl Beane – Boston Red Sox
• Bruce Binkowski – San Diego Chargers, San Diego Clippers, San Diego Padres, and San Diego State Aztecs
• Renel Brooks-Moon – San Francisco Giants
• Charlie Brotman – U.S. presidential inauguration parades, Washington Senators, Washington Nationals
• Aaron "AC" Larkin - Arizona State University, Grand Canyon University, Sheboygan County Rebels, Goodyear Ballpark
• Frederick William Burns – Earliest known announcer dating to 1884, New York Giants, Track and Field, Bicycle Racing, Automobile Racing, Boxing, Rowing
• Dick Callahan – Oakland Athletics, and Saint Mary's College of California
• Mike Carlucci – Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, Summer Olympics Baseball & Winter Olympics hockey
• Bob Casey – Minnesota Twins
• Marysol Castro – First Woman Announcer for New York Mets, First Latina Woman Announcer in Major League Baseball
• Colin Cosell – New York Mets, Emmy-winning grandson of Howard Cosell
• Kevin Croft - USSSA Men’s Major World Series of Slow Pitch Softball, 1994 - present
• J. Fred Duckett – Houston Astros
• Sherm Feller – Boston Red Sox
• Bob Ford – Houston Astros, University of Houston football
• Paul Friedman – Chicago Cubs
• Halsey Hall – Minnesota Twins
• Jim Hall – New York Giants football team, New York Yankees
• Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
• Tom Hutyler – Seattle Mariners
• Wilfred "Wolfie" Jacobs – Early Boston Red Sox announcer at Fenway Park, 1st to announce rookie Babe Ruth, worked for Boston Red Sox for 50 years
• "Admiral" M. J. Kingston – 1st announcer of the Chicago Cubs who lost his job to Pat Pieper, Boxing
• Todd Leitz – Los Angeles Dodgers
• Joy Hawkins McCabe – 1st Woman Baseball Announcer, Washington Senators, subbing one single game for Charlie Brotman in 1966
• Wayne Messmer – Chicago Cubs
• Joel Meyers – St. Louis Cardinals
• Nick Nickson – Los Angeles Dodgers
• Paul Olden – New York Yankees
• E. Lawrence Phillips – Washington Senators, Earliest known World Series announcer for the 1911 World Series, Known as "One-Armed Announcer" as he had no left arm
• Pat Pieper – Chicago Cubs
• Ryan Pritt – Cleveland Indians
• Bob Tayek - Cleveland Indians
• John Ramsey – Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Angels, USC Trojans
• John “Tex” Rickards – Brooklyn Dodgers announcer replaced by John Ramsey when the team moved to Los Angeles.
• Harry Safir - New York Giants, Earliest announcer of the New York Yankees in 1903, His primary job was caterer at the Polo Grounds
• Stu Schwartz (aka Stuntman Stu) – Ottawa Senators
• Bob Sheppard – New York Yankees, New York Giants

Basketball

• Michael Baiamonte – Miami Heat
• Michael Clapper – Washington Mystics
• Ray Clay – Chicago Bulls[1][2] Chicago Sky
• Byron Hudtloff – Washington Valor, George Washington University Men's Basketball
• Frank Fallon – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
• John Mason – Detroit Pistons
• Ralph Wesley – Washington Wizards
• Lawrence Tanter – Los Angeles Lakers[3]
• Dave Zinkoff – Philadelphia 76ers
• Andy Jick – Boston Celtics, Boston College
• Stan Kelly – San Antonio Spurs
• Eddie Palladino – Boston Celtics
• Shawn Parker – Minnesota Timberwolves
• Olivier Sedra – Brooklyn Nets[4]
• Mike Walczewski – New York Knicks
• Dan Roberts – Utah Jazz

• Sean Peebles- Cleveland Cavaliers

Boxing/Wrestling

• Michael Buffer – Boxing
• Tony Chimel – World Wrestling Entertainment
• David Diamante – boxing[5]
• Johnny Parnell Dunne – Boxing, Self-proclaimed "Champion Announcer of the World" in the late 19th century, famous for continually challenging Fred Burns, Pete Prunty, Charles Harvey and Joe Humphries to announcing contests which never occurred
• Howard Finkel – World Wrestling Entertainment
• Lilian Garcia – World Wrestling Entertainment
• Charles "Handlebar Charley" Harvey – Boxing, Track and Field, Announcer for [[World%27s Columbian Exposition]|1893 Chicago World's Fair]], Boxing manager, promoter, secretary and commissioner, vanguard in getting Boxing included in modern Olympic Games
• Joe Humphreys – Boxing, member of the Boxing Hall of Fame
• Peter Prunty – Boxing, Track and Field, part of the original group of Fred Burns, John Dunne, Charley Harvey and Joe Humphries at the turn of the 20th Century.
• Jimmy Lennon, Jr. – boxing
• Justin Roberts – All Elite Wrestling, formerly of World Wrestling Entertainment
• Belle W. Martell – Earliest known Woman Announcer, Boxing, she and her husband, Art, managed Jim Jeffries's famed Jeffries Red Barn fight venue.

Football

• Jody Dean – Dallas Cowboys
• Sean Valley - Inglemoor Vikings, prev Lake Washington, Bothell, Redmond.
• Mike "The Duke" Donegan – Tennessee Titans
• Kevin Heilbronner – Greensboro Swarm
• Roger Emrich - Dallas Cowboys
• Sam Lagana – Los Angeles Rams
• Rob Schuller - New England Patriots
• Dave McHugh – Baltimore Brigade
• John Magrino – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL International Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Orange Bowl, Outback Bowl

Horse racing

• Chic Anderson – horse racing (best known for work at Belmont Park)
• Sergeant Major Michael R. Dudley – United States Presidential Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremonies, Department of Defense, Military District of Washington, The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own), Boston Pops Orchestra
• Tom Durkin – horse racing
• Phil Georgeff – horse racing
• Dave Johnson – horse racing

Ice Hockey

• Budd Lynch – Detroit Red Wings
• Lou Nolan – Philadelphia Flyers
• Paul Morris – Toronto Maple Leafs
• William Watson – IIHF, MLRH – Ice and Inline hockey.
• Joe Wowk – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
• Wes Johnson – Washington Capitals

Mixed

• Tom Carnegie – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana high school basketball
• Joshua Carroll – University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas high school basketball, football, baseball, track & field
• Charles "Chuck" Edwards – New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans
• Greg Gardner - WNBA Chicago Sky, University of Illinois - Chicago Basketball and Volleyball, Illinois High School Association State Finals - Volleyball, Gymnastics, Lacrosse
• Marty Glickman – (sports announcer)
• Dwight Isenhoward - Winston Salem Dash, Catawba Indians, Elkin Buckin Elks
• Alan Longley - WNBA Connecticut Sun, AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey, Fairfield University Men's and Women's Lacrosse
• Bill Melton - Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowls VI, VIII and IX; 1996 Olympic Soccer; Texas Rangers; Cotton Bowl Classic; Texas Relays; NCAA Track and Field and Basketball Championships, SMU Football and Basketball; 1994 Men's World Cup Soccer; 2003 Women's World Cup Soccer; 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championships; World Championship Tennis, Dallas Chaparrals Basketball; 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugural Parade and Ceremonies
• Dan Pfeifer - Alverno Inferno, Marquette University Men's and Women's Soccer, Lakeshore Chinooks, Racine Raiders
• Alan Roach – Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, Olympic Hockey, Olympic Boxing
• Jeff Shreve – Cleveland Browns – University of Akron, Canton Charge, Mid-American Conference
• Eric Smith – Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Don Wadewitz - Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, UW-Whitewater Warhawks

References

1. "Chicago Bulls Introduction – Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals".
2. "Chicago Bulls 1998 NBA Championship Rally Lineup Introductions – by Bulls P.A. Announcer Ray Clay".
3. "Broadcasting Live: Lawrence Tanter – Basketball and All That Jazz".
4. http://www.nba.com/nets/news/2017/09/19/brooklyn-nets-name-olivier-sedra-public-address-announcer
5. "He said, "Brooklyn Ball!!" - NetsDaily".