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{{Short description|American sportscaster (1935–2017)}}
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'''Richard Alan Enberg''' (January 9, 1935&nbsp;– December 21, 2017) was an American [[sportscaster]]. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided [[play-by-play]] of various sports for several radio and television networks, including [[NBC Sports|NBC]] (1975–1999), [[CBS Sports|CBS]] (2000–2014), and [[ESPN]] (2004–2011), as well as for individual teams, such as [[UCLA Bruins basketball]], [[Los Angeles Rams]] football, and [[California Angels]] and [[San Diego Padres]] baseball.

Enberg was well known for his signature on-air [[catchphrase]]s "Touch 'em all" (for home runs) and "Oh, my!" (for particularly exciting and outstanding athletic plays). He also announced or hosted the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]] for many years, sometimes with the help of family members. Enberg retired from broadcasting in 2016, after seven seasons as the Padres' primary television announcer.

==Early life and education==
Enberg was born on January 9, 1935, in [[Mount Clemens, Michigan]], as the first child to Belle Elizabeth (Weiss) and Arnie Enberg.{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=4}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/obituaries/dick-enberg-veteran-sportscaster-is-dead-at-82.html|title=Dick Enberg, Veteran Sportscaster, Is Dead at 82|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Sandomir|date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Finnish immigrants, whose original name was ''Katajavuori'', which means juniper mountain.{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=4}} Before they lived in America, they changed their name to the Swedish-sounding Enberg.{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=4}} His mother was of English, French, German and Native American descent.{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=10}} He had a younger brother, Dennis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/dennis-enberg-ct-78016896|title=Dennis Enberg in the 1940 Census|publisher=Archives 1940 U.S. Census}}</ref> Enberg's family first moved to [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], when he was two years old,{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=4}} then to southern California in 1940{{sfnm|1a1=Enberg|1y=2012|1p=4}} for several years, and then back to a farm near [[Armada, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dick-enberg-obit-20171221-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Sportscaster Dick Enberg — voice of baseball, football, tennis and more — found dead at his La Jolla home at 82|date=December 21, 2017|author=Kupper, Mike}}</ref>

Following high school in Armada, Enberg attended [[Central Michigan University]], where he played [[college baseball]] and earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1957. In his senior year at Central Michigan, Enberg was elected president of the student body. During this time, he was employed at [[WSAM]] in [[Saginaw, Michigan]], then a [[Detroit Tigers]] radio affiliate. Enberg then went on to graduate school at [[Indiana University Bloomington]], where he earned [[master's degree|master's]] and [[doctorate]] degrees in [[health sciences]].<ref name=lanews>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20160929/dick-enberg-saying-farewell-to-baseball-embraces-next-creative-challenge |title=Dick Enberg saying farewell to baseball, embraces next creative challenge |author=Hoffarth, Tom |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Daily News}}</ref><ref name=latimes>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/mlb/la-sp-dick-enberg-shaikin-20160910-snap-story.html |title=Dick Enberg is rounding third and heading home after a glorious career |date=September 10, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |author=Shaikin, Bill |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> While at Indiana, Enberg voiced the first radio broadcast of the [[Little 500]], the bicycle racing event popularized in the film ''[[Breaking Away]]''.

He was also the play-by-play announcer for [[Indiana Hoosiers]] football and basketball games and in 1961 called his first NCAA basketball tournament event, the [[1961 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|championship game]] between [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|Cincinnati]] and [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/few-appreciate-ncaa%E2%80%99s-growth-as-much-as-enberg/3807/|title=Few appreciate NCAA's growth as much as Enberg|publisher=timesunion.com|author=Pete Dougherty|date=March 11, 2010}}</ref> From 1961 to 1965, he was an [[assistant professor]] and [[baseball]] coach at [[California State University, Northridge|Cal State Northridge]], then known as San Fernando Valley State College.<ref name=latimes/> Enberg was also a member of the [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity.

==Career in Los Angeles==
In the late 1960s, Enberg began a full-time sportscasting career in [[Los Angeles]], working for [[KTLA]] television (anchoring a nightly sports report and calling [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA Bruins]] basketball) and [[KSPN (AM)|KMPC]] radio (calling [[Los Angeles Rams]] football and [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] baseball). After every Angels victory, he would wrap up his broadcast with "And the halo shines tonight" in reference to the "Big A" scoreboard at [[Anaheim Stadium]] and the halo at the top, which would light up for everyone in the area to see, particularly from the adjacent freeway. Enberg was named California Sportscaster of the Year four times during this period.<ref name=nsma>{{cite web |url=https://www.nssafame.com/nssa/1996-dick-enberg/ |title=1996 – Dick Enberg |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |publisher=[[National Sports Media Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113092255/https://www.nssafame.com/nssa/1996-dick-enberg/ |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 1960s, Enberg announced boxing matches at L.A.'s [[Grand Olympic Auditorium|Olympic Auditorium]]. Enberg also presided over the Trophy presentation for [[Super Bowl VII]] in 1973.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 1968, Enberg was recommended by UCLA athletic director J.D. Morgan to be the national broadcaster for the syndicated [[TVS Television Network]] to cover the "[[Game of the Century (college basketball)|Game of the Century]]" between the [[Houston Cougars]], led by [[Elvin Hayes]], and the [[UCLA Bruins]], led by [[Lew Alcindor]] (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In the 1970s, Enberg called the 1979 NCAA Championship game between Michigan State, led by [[Magic Johnson]], and Indiana State, led by [[Larry Bird]]. He also hosted the syndicated television [[game show]] ''[[Sports Challenge]]'' and co-produced the [[Emmy Award]]-winning sports-history series ''[[The Way It Was (TV series)|The Way It Was]]'' for [[Public Broadcasting Services|PBS]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==NBC Sports (1975–1999)==
In 1973, Enberg hosted the game show ''[[Baffle (game show)|Baffle]]'', which lasted just a year before being cancelled in 1974. A year later, producer [[Monty Hall]] hired Enberg to host the shorter-lived ''[[Three for the Money]]''.

In 1975, Enberg joined [[NBC Sports]]. For the next 25 years, he broadcast a plethora of sports and events for NBC, including the [[NFL on NBC|National Football League]], [[Major League Baseball on NBC|Major League Baseball]], the [[NBA on NBC|National Basketball Association]], the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] [[Golf Channel on NBC|golf]] championship, [[College Football on NBC|college football]], [[College Basketball on NBC|college basketball]], the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] and [[French Open]] [[Tennis on NBC|tennis]] tournaments, heavyweight [[Boxing on NBC|boxing]], [[Breeders' Cup]] and other [[Thoroughbred Racing on NBC|horse racing events]], and the [[Olympics on NBC|Olympic Games]].

Enberg replaced [[Curt Gowdy]] as lead play-by-play announcer for the ''NFL on NBC'' in [[1979 NFL season|1979]], and on the network's telecast of the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] in January&nbsp;[[1980 Rose Bowl|1980]]. He&nbsp;was in the booth in Pasadena for nine straight years, until [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]] took over the broadcast in [[1989 Rose Bowl|1989]].

===''The NFL on NBC''===
While on ''[[NFL on NBC|The NFL on NBC]]'', Enberg called eight [[Super Bowls]] (alongside such former NFL players [[Merlin Olsen]], [[Bob Trumpy]], [[Phil Simms]], and [[Paul Maguire]]), the last being [[Super Bowl XXXII]] in January 1998. Enberg also anchored NBC's coverage of [[Super Bowl XIII]] (called by Curt Gowdy) in 1979. He also called three [[Canadian Football League]] games in [[1982 CFL season|1982]] during the [[1982 NFL season|NFL strike]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/cfl_historical/CFL-NBC.htm |title=CFL-NBC |access-date=October 27, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027100149/http://www.geocities.com/cfl_historical/CFL-NBC.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2009 }}</ref>

Among the notable games called by Enberg was the [[1986 NFL season|1986 Week 3 51–45 shootout]] between the [[1986 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] and [[1986 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] and the [[The Fumble|1987 AFC Championship Game]] between the [[1987 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]] and [[1987 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]].

{{blockquote|Well, and so the end of the [[1997 NFL season]] and for [[NBC Sports]], [[Super Bowl XXXII]] is the end of our 32 years covering [[American Football League|AFL]], [[National Football League|NFL]] action.  [[NBC]]'s been there from the start, from [[Joe Namath]] all the way to [[John Elway]], from [[Curt Gowdy]] to those of us who had the honor of calling this game tonight, and on behalf of all of our crew, all the men and women who have brought you the sights and sounds of NFL football here on NBC since [[1960 NFL season|1960]], we want to thank you for your effort, and those of you who have watched, and we congratulate the [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champions]].  The [[underdog]]s have [[Cinderella (sports)#National Football League|won]].  The 13 years of defeat have been erased at least for tonight as [[1997 Denver Broncos season|Denver]] wins it, 31-24.  Don't wander away, more to come from [[San Diego Stadium|San Diego]].  [[Greg Gumbel]] will be back after [[station identification]].  Denver Broncos are Super Bowl champs.|Dick Enberg at the end of Super Bowl XXXII, NBC's final NFL telecast until the [[2006 NFL season|2006 season]].}}

===''Major League Baseball on NBC''===
In [[1977 Major League Baseball season|1977]], Enberg provided play-by-play for Game 2 of the [[1977 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] and Game 4 of the [[1977 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series Series]] alongside [[Don Drysdale]]. Two years [[1979 Major League Baseball season|later]], Enberg teamed with [[Wes Parker]] and [[Sparky Anderson]]<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS upsets Pirate, Oriole broadcasters|date=October 10, 1979|first=Richard|last=Dozer|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|page=D2}}</ref> to call the [[1979 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] for NBC. And then in [[1981 Major League Baseball season|1981]], Enberg alongside [[Tom Seaver]], called the [[1981 National League Championship Series|National League Division Series]] between the [[1981 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]] and [[1981 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] and then, the NLCS between Montreal and the [[1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]].

According to his autobiography, ''Oh My!'',{{sfn|Enberg|2012}} Enberg was informed by NBC that he would become the lead play-by-play voice of ''[[Major League Baseball Game of the Week]]'' beginning with the [[1982 World Series]] (for which he served as pregame host and shared play-by-play duties with [[Joe Garagiola]] alongside analyst [[Tony Kubek]]) and through subsequent regular seasons. He wrote that on his football trips, he would read every ''[[Sporting News]]'' to make sure he was current with all the baseball news and notes. Then he met with NBC executives in September 1982, and they informed him that [[Vin Scully]] was in negotiations to be their lead baseball play-by-play man (teaming with Garagiola while Kubek would team with [[Bob Costas]]) and would begin with NBC in the spring of [[1983 Major League Baseball season|1983]].

According to the book, Enberg wasn't pleased about the decision (since he loved being the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]' radio and television voice in the 1970s and was eager to return to baseball) but the fact that NBC was bringing in Scully, arguably baseball's best announcer, was understandable. Enberg added that NBC also gave him a significant pay increase as a pseudo-apology for not coming through on the promise to make him the lead baseball play-by-play man. Enberg returned to the Angels' radio booth to call 40 games in [[1985 California Angels season|1985]], citing a desire to reconnect with the sport, which he has described as having been "in my DNA since I was in diapers".<ref name=ESPN_Obit/>

Enberg hosted NBC's [[Major League Baseball: An Inside Look|pregame shows]] of the [[1985 National League Championship Series]] with [[Joe Morgan]]. It was Enberg who broke the news to most of the nation that [[Vince Coleman (baseball)|Vince Coleman]] was injured before Game 4. NBC even aired an interview with one of the few people who actually saw the incident, a [[1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodger]] batboy. Enberg was also in [[Exhibition Stadium|Toronto]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Goodwin|first=Michael|date=October 15, 1985|title=TV SPORTS; SCULLY'S TEAM THE WINNER IN PLAYOFFS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/15/sports/tv-sports-scully-s-team-the-winner-in-playoffs.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> to do the pregame for Games 1 and 7 of the [[1985 American League Championship Series]] alongside [[Rick Dempsey]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart|first=Larry|date=October 4, 1985|title=NBC's Bob Costas: an Ordinary Guy on Way to Stardom|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-04-sp-5092-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> (who was still active with [[1985 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]] at the time).

NBC planned to use Enberg as one of its announcers for [[The Baseball Network]] coverage in [[1994 Major League Baseball season|1994]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Nelson|first=John|date=March 26, 1994|title=Networks try to convince baseball fans that less is more|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19940326&id=yOYyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,4771671&hl=en|newspaper=The Free Lance-Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ABC's All-Star Telecast Is Beginning of End For Tbn -- But Baseball Wants New Pact By 1 November|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950709/2130531/abcs-all-star-telecast-is-beginning-of-end-for-tbn|author=John Nelson|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=July 9, 1995}}</ref> but the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] that year ended the season before he had the opportunity to call any games.

===Wimbledon Championships===
As NBC's voice of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Tennis Championships]], the last tournament for him being in [[1999 Wimbledon Championships|1999]] (alongside [[Bud Collins]] and, later, [[John McEnroe]]), Enberg regularly concluded NBC's coverage of the two-week event with thematically appropriate observations accompanied by a montage of video clips.

==CBS Sports (2000–2014)==
Enberg was hired by [[CBS Sports]] in 2000, serving as a play-by-play announcer for CBS's [[NFL on CBS|NFL]], [[College Basketball on CBS|college basketball]], and [[US Open Tennis]] coverage. For several years he also contributed to [[PGA Tour on CBS|CBS's coverage]] of [[Masters Tournament|The Masters]] and [[PGA Championship]] golf as an interviewer and essayist.

Enberg during his tenure at CBS, was notably on the call<ref>{{cite book |last=Benedict|first=Jeff|author-link= |date= September 2020|title=The Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGv6DwAAQBAJ&q=mo+lewis+tom+brady+dick+enberg&pg=PA182|location= |publisher= Simon and Schuster|page=182|isbn=9781982134105}}</ref> alongside [[Dan Dierdorf]] for an [[2001 NFL season|NFL]] game between the [[2001 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]] and [[2001 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] on September 23, 2001. It was during this game that New York linebacker [[Mo Lewis]] injured the Patriots' starting quarterback [[Drew Bledsoe]]. Bledsoe's injury resulted in [[Tom Brady]] becoming New England's quarterback, beginning the [[Brady–Belichick era]] for the Patriots that saw them enjoy nearly two decades of dominance and win six [[Super Bowl]] titles. As a result, Lewis' hit on Bledsoe is often noted for its impact on NFL history.<ref name="SportingNews">{{cite web |last1=Rivera |first1=Joe |title=The hit that started Tom Brady era with Patriots: What if Mo Lewis never injured Drew Bledsoe? |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/mo-lewis-hit-drew-bledsoe-tom-brady-patriots/1kkv215wq2lw416m5tam7hlr0x |website=[[Sporting News]] |access-date=24 August 2020 |date=17 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sportscasting">{{cite web |last1=Moriello |first1=John |title=One Hit by Mo Lewis Led to Tom Brady's Big Break and Changed NFL History |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/one-hit-by-mo-lewis-led-to-tom-bradys-big-break-and-changed-nfl-history/ |website=Sportscasting |access-date=24 August 2020 |date=11 May 2020}}</ref>

One of the more notable games Enberg also called was the [[2005 AFC Divisional playoff game (Pittsburgh–Indianapolis)|2005 AFC Divisional matchup]] between the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Indianapolis Colts]] that saw the Steelers go on to upset the Colts 21-18 en route to their victory in [[Super Bowl XL]] in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in NFL history. Coincidentally, Enberg also called a previous playoff game between the two teams for NBC, the [[1995 AFC Championship Game]], a 20-16 Steelers victory that is often marked as one of the NFL's greatest games.

Another enduring element of Enberg's broadcasting legacy was his ability to provide warm and poignant reflections on the sporting events he covered. ''Enberg Essays'', as they came to be known, were a regular feature of CBS's coverage of college basketball's [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four|Final Four]].

On March 27, 2010, Enberg called his final college basketball game for CBS, an [[2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#East Regional – Syracuse, New York|East Regional tournament final]] featuring the [[2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky Wildcats]] versus the [[2009–10 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team|West Virginia Mountaineers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/28/1200805/uk-notes-enbergs-last-call-was.html|title=UK notes: Enberg's last call was the Cats CBS Broadcaster is leaving to take Job with Padres|publisher=kentucky.com|first=Jerry|last=Tipton|date=March 28, 2010}}</ref> After becoming the Padres' play-by-play announcer, Enberg said he hoped to continue calling late-season NFL games for CBS, but his name was omitted from the network's announcing roster for [[2010 NFL season|2010]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangsbites.com/2010/08/cbs-sports-unveils-its-2010-nfl.html|title=CBS Sports Unveils Its 2010 NFL Announcing Lineup|publisher=Fang's Bytes|date=August 24, 2010|access-date=August 27, 2010}}</ref> He continued to call the US Open for CBS through [[2011 US Open (tennis)|2011]].

Enberg returned to call one match and serve as an essayist during the [[2014 US Open (tennis)|2014 US Open]], to help commemorate CBS's last year covering the event before [[ESPN]] took over in [[2015 US Open (tennis)|2015]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/dick-enberg-will-call-one-last-us-open-tennis-match.html|title=Dick Enberg will call one last US Open tennis match|last=Yoder|first=Matt|publisher=Awful Announcing|date=August 22, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2014}}</ref>

On September 14, 2009, [[Juan Martín del Potro]] defeated [[Roger Federer]] to win the Men's [[2009 US Open (tennis)|US Open Championship]]. Enberg hosted the post-match ceremony during which del Potro requested to address his fans in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Enberg declined the request saying that he was running out of time but went on to list the corporate sponsored prizes del Potro won.<ref name="straightsets">{{cite web|url=http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/can-i-speak-in-spanish/?scp=1&sq=can%20i%20speak%20spanish&st=cse|title=Can I Speak in Spanish?|publisher=The New York Times|work=Straight Sets|date=September 15, 2009|access-date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> A couple of minutes later, Del Potro made the same request again and only then Enberg relented saying "Very quickly, in Spanish, he wants to say hello to his friends here and in [[Argentina]]". An emotional del Potro finally spoke a few sentences in Spanish to a cheering crowd. Many viewers expressed disappointment with Enberg and CBS over the interview.<ref name="straightsets"/> A CBS executive later defended Enberg, noting that the contract with the [[United States Tennis Association]] required that certain sponsors receive time during the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/sports/tennis/16enberg.html?ref=sports|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 15, 2009|access-date=September 18, 2009|title=CBS Defends Enberg in Trophy Ceremony Backlash|first=Lynn|last=Zinser}}</ref>

==ESPN (2004–2011)==
Beginning in 2004, Enberg served as a play-by-play announcer for [[ESPN2]]'s coverage of the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] and [[French Open]] tennis tournaments, adding the [[Australian Open]] the following year.  Enberg came to [[ESPN]] on lease from CBS, where he already called the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], the one [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament not covered by ESPN until [[2009 U.S. Open (tennis)|2009]]. At the [[2004 French Open]], Enberg called a match per day and also provided his "Enberg Moments". At [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in 2004]], he participated in a new one-hour morning show called ''Breakfast at Wimbledon''. ESPN asked CBS for permission to use Enberg during the summer of 2004 at both the French Open and Wimbledon. Enberg then surprised his new bosses by volunteering for the [[2005 Australian Open]] in January 2005. "I've never been to [[Australia]]," he said. "At my age then [69], to be able to work a full Grand Slam is something I'd like to have at the back of my book." Enberg stopped calling the French Open after [[2009 French Open|2009]] due to his Padres commitments, though he continued to call the Wimbledon and Australian Open tournaments over the next two years. In June 2011, it was reported that his ESPN contract had ended and that the [[2011 Wimbledon Championships|2011 Wimbledon tournament]] would be his final one for ESPN.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2011-06-21-enberg-wimbledon-bryant-gumbel_n.htm|title=Dick Enberg says farewell to Wimbledon after 28 fortnights|last=Hiestand|first=Michael|work=USA Today|date=June 21, 2011}}</ref>

==San Diego Padres==
[[File:US Navy 101212-N-2055M-059 Legendary sports broadcaster Dick Enberg observes flight operations aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Enberg in 2010]]
In December 2009, Enberg was hired as a television play-by-play announcer by the [[San Diego Padres]], signing a multi-year deal to call 110–120 games a season for channel [[4SD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091202&content_id=7746216&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Enberg on board as Padres TV voice|work=MLB.com|first=Corey|last=Brock|date=December 3, 2009}}</ref> Enberg primarily teamed with [[Mark Andrew Grant|Mark Grant]] on the Padres' telecasts.

In his [[2010 San Diego Padres season|debut season]] as a Padres broadcaster, Enberg took some criticism from fans over a perceived lack of enthusiasm for the home team. Told that he was regarded by some viewers as getting "too excited" over plays by opposing players, Enberg responded, "I find that a real compliment."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/28/enberg-favors-padres-just-not-while-at-work/|title=Enberg favors Padres, but he's no homer|last=Posner|first=Jay|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> He did move to placate the critics, however, by limiting the use of his signature home run call of "Touch 'em all!" to Padres home runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E6DA1730F93BA3575BC0A9669D8B63&pagewanted=1|title=Enberg Embraces The Echoes Of His Past|last=Witz|first=Billy|work=The New York Times|date=August 8, 2010}}</ref>

In [[2012 San Diego Padres season|2012]], Enberg returned as play-by-play voice of the Padres as they moved their telecasts from 4SD to [[Fox Sports San Diego]], in the first year of a 20-year deal between the team and the newly formed network. On September 23, 2015, Enberg indicated he would call Padres games for one more season in [[2016 San Diego Padres season|2016]], then retire.<ref>[http://www.foxsports.com/san-diego/story/padres-broadcaster-dick-enberg-announces-retirement-092315 Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg announces retirement following 2016 season] ''Fox Sports'', September 23, 2015</ref>

On May 21, 2016, Enberg served as a special guest play-by-play broadcaster for the [[2016 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] in their home game with the [[2016 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]], calling the game on [[Fox Sports Detroit]] alongside analyst [[Kirk Gibson]]. The Tigers were Enberg's boyhood team, as he lived in the Detroit area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/03/14/detroit-tigers-fsd-fox-sports/81770720/ |title=Dick Enberg, Monroe also part of Detroit Tigers' TV rotation on FSD |publisher=Detroit Free Press |date=March 14, 2016 |access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> Enberg also called a weekend series for the Tigers post retirement, an interleague series between the Tigers and the Dodgers, August 18–20, 2017 for FSD and one game for FS1.

Enberg's last game with the Padres was October 2, 2016. In his last week on air, he made a guest appearance with [[2016 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] announcer [[Vin Scully]], who also was retiring at the end of the baseball season, after a 67-year career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/dick-enberg-final-home-game-padres-angels-nfl-college-basketball-ucla-tennis/wos8t4u21v1a1haxz6p94x4mi |title=Even Vin Scully knows Dick Enberg's farewell deserves its own recognition &#124; MLB |magazine=Sporting News |date=October 1, 2016 |access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

==Other appearances==
In [[2006 NFL season|2006]] and [[2007 NFL season|2007]], Enberg called [[Run to the Playoffs|Thursday night]] and postseason NFL games for [[NFL on Westwood One|Westwood One]] radio. Also in 2006, he began narrating a documentary style television series for [[Fox Sports Net]] called ''[[In Focus on FSN]]''. For Fox Sports Net, he called his final college basketball game on November 11, 2012, aboard the {{USS|Midway|CV-41|6}} alongside [[Steve Kerr]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-sdsu-blown-away-by-syracuse-on-midway-2012nov11-story.html |title=SDSU 'blown' away by Syracuse on Midway |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=December 6, 2017 |access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>

In addition to his career in sports broadcasting, Enberg hosted three game shows besides the aforementioned ''Sports Challenge'': ''The Perfect Match'' in 1967, ''[[Baffle (game show)|Baffle]]'' on NBC from 1973 through 1974, and ''[[Three for the Money]]'' on NBC in 1975. He also lent his voice to the animated CBS cartoon series ''[[Where's Huddles?]]'' (1970), the film ''[[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]]'' (1975), and the American-dubbed version of the animated UK Christmas special ''[[Hooves of Fire|Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire]]'' (2002); made appearances in the films ''[[Two-Minute Warning]]'' (1976), ''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]]'' (1976), ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' (1978), ''[[The Longshot]]'' (1986), ''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!|The Naked Gun]]'' (1988), and ''[[Mr. 3000]]'' (2004); and appeared as himself in episodes of such television programs as ''[[The King of Queens]]'' and ''[[CSI: NY]]''. In addition, Enberg was seen in a series of commercials for [[GTE]] during the 1980s and early 1990s, and was the voice of the announcer in the classic ''Talking Football'' tabletop game from [[Mattel]].

===Film roles===
*''[[Another Nice Mess]]'' (1972) - Olympics Announcer (voice)
*''[[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]]'' (1975) - Pregame Announcer (uncredited)
*''[[Hustle (1975 film)|Hustle]]'' (1975) - Radio Announcer (voice, uncredited)
*''[[Gus (1976 film)|Gus]]'' (1976) - Atoms' Announcer
*''[[Two-Minute Warning]]'' (1976) - Himself
*''[[Murder at the World Series]]'' (1977) - Radio Announcer
*''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' (1978) - TV Interviewer
*''[[The Longshot]]'' (1986) - Radio Announcer
*''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!]]'' (1988) - The Baseball Announcer #2
*''[[Mr. 3000]]'' (2004) - Brewers Sportscaster

==Career timeline==
*1957–1961: [[Indiana Hoosiers football]] play-by-play
*1957–1961: [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball]] play-by-play
*1961–1965: [[assistant professor]] and [[baseball]] coach for the [[Cal State Northridge Matadors|Matadors]] of [[California State University, Northridge]]
*1966–1977: [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball]] play-by-play
*1966–1977: [[Los Angeles Rams]] radio play-by-play
*1967–1968: ''The Perfect Match'' host
*1969–1978, 1985: [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] play-by-play
*1971–1979 ''[[Sports Challenge]]'' host
*1973–1974: ''[[Baffle (game)|Baffle]]'' host
*1975: ''[[Three for the Money]]'' host
*1975–1981: ''[[College Basketball on NBC|NCAA Basketball on NBC]]'' play-by-play<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/denberg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727014600/http://cbs.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/denberg|url-status=dead|title=NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAA, Fantasy Sports News – CBSSports.com Live Scores, Stats, Schedules<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=July 27, 2008}}</ref>
*1977–1998: ''[[NFL on NBC]]'' play-by-play
*1977–1982: ''[[MLB on NBC]]'' play-by-play
*1979, 1981–1999: [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] play-by-play (NBC)
*1980–1988: [[Rose Bowl (game)|Rose Bowl]] play-by-play (NBC)
*1983–1989: ''[[MLB on NBC]]'' studio host
*1984–1990: [[Breeders' Cup]] host (NBC)
*1988: [[1988 Summer Olympics]] [[Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]] play-by-play (NBC)
*1990–1999: ''[[NBA on NBC]]'' play-by-play
*1992: [[1992 Summer Olympics]] host (NBC)
*1995–1999: ''[[PGA Tour on NBC]]'' host
*1996: [[1996 Summer Olympics]] contributor (NBC)
*1998–1999: ''[[Notre Dame Football on NBC]]'' play-by-play
*2000–2009: ''[[NFL on CBS]]'' play-by-play (2000–2005 #2) (2006–2009 #3)
*2000–2010: ''[[College Basketball on CBS|NCAA Basketball on CBS]]'' play-by-play
*2000–2011, 2014: [[US Open (tennis)]] play-by-play (CBS)
*2000–2006: [[Masters Tournament|The Masters]] contributor (CBS)
*2000–2006: [[PGA Championship]] contributor (CBS)
*2004–2011: [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] and [[Australian Open]] play-by-play (ESPN2)
*2004–2009: [[French Open]] play-by-play (ESPN2)
*2006–2007: ''[[NFL on Westwood One|Westwood One]] [[Thursday Night Football]]'' play-by-play
*2006: ''[[In Focus on FSN]]'' narrator
*2010–2016: [[San Diego Padres]] TV play-by-play

==Honors==
Enberg garnered many awards and honors over the years, including 13 [[Sports Emmy Awards]] (as well as a Lifetime Achievement Emmy), nine National Sportscaster of the Year awards from the [[National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association]] (and induction into that organization's Hall of Fame), five Sportscaster of the Year awards from the [[American Sportscasters Association]] (which also ranked Enberg tenth in its 2009 listing of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/top50sportscasters.html |title=ASA's Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time |publisher=Americansportscastersonline.com |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>), the [[Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award|Pete Rozelle Award]] from the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], the [[Curt Gowdy Media Award|Curt Gowdy Award]] from the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Basketball Hall of Fame]], the [[Ford C. Frick Award|Ford Frick Award]] from the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]], and a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. Enberg is the only sportscaster thus far to win Emmys in three categories (broadcasting, writing, and producing), and in 1973 became the first U.S. sportscaster to visit the [[China|People's Republic of China]].

Enberg was inducted into Central Michigan University's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.<ref name=cmlife>{{cite web |url=http://www.cm-life.com/article/2016/11/dick-enberg-cmu-2016 |title=CMU alumnus Dick Enberg speaks to students before football game |author=Lozon, Von |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |work=Central Michigan Life}}</ref> The university named an academic center for him in 2007. A student-athlete award in Enberg's name is presented annually to a Central Michigan student.<ref name=cmlife/>

Enberg was raised in [[Armada, Michigan]] and was responsible for the naming of the Armada High School yearbook, the Regit (Tiger spelled backwards), a name it has to this day. A hallway in the [[Macomb Academy of Arts and Sciences]], which is run by Armada school district and shares the building with its administration office, was named after him.

UCLA named its Media Center in Pauley Pavilion after Enberg in 2017 in his honor.

Indiana University awarded Enberg an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 2002. He would be inducted into the Indiana University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2006.

Enberg also received honorary doctorates of humane letters from his alma mater Central Michigan University in 1980 and [[Marquette University]] in 2009, and gave the addresses at both universities' May commencement ceremonies.

In 1997, the [[College Sports Information Directors of America]] (CoSIDA) honored Enberg with an award in recognition of his longtime support of the organization's Academic All-America program. [[College Sports Information Directors of America#Dick Enberg Award winners|The Dick Enberg Award]] is given annually to a person whose actions and commitment have furthered the meaning and reach of the Academic All-America Teams Program and/or the student-athlete while promoting the values of education and academics. Past recipients include [[Gerald Ford]], [[Mike Krzyzewski]], [[Pat Summitt]], and [[Joe Paterno]]. Enberg continued to be an avid supporter of the program, often lending his voice to video presentations related to CoSIDA's annual Academic All-America Hall of Fame ceremony.<ref>[http://www.cosida.com/Awards/dickenberg.aspx Awards] cosida.com</ref>

In 2006, Enberg was Awarded the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission for his involvement in the community.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060523005868/en/Dick-Enberg-Honored-LA-Sports-Entertainment-Commissions|title=News|website=www.businesswire.com|accessdate=December 26, 2023}}</ref>

For his contributions to the Rose Bowl game and parade through the years, Enberg was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 31, 2011.<ref>[http://tournamentofroses.com/TheRoseBowlGame/News.aspx Ron Dayne, Dick Enberg and George Fleming to be Inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205030530/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/TheRoseBowlGame/News.aspx |date=December 5, 2011 }}, Tournament of Roses Association, December 4, 2011</ref>

The [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] named Enberg the 2015 recipient of the [[Ford C. Frick Award]] for excellence in baseball broadcasting. He was presented with the award in a ceremony during the Hall's induction weekend on July 25, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/103712652/dick-enberg-wins-ford-c-frick-award|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215112700/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/103712652/dick-enberg-wins-ford-c-frick-award|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2014|title=Oh, my! Enberg wins Hall of Fame's Frick Award|last=Bloom|first=Barry M.|work=MLB.com|date=December 10, 2014|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Enberg was the second American sportscaster (after [[Curt Gowdy]]) to be selected for broadcasting awards from each of the Halls of Fame in professional football, basketball and baseball.

On August 20, 2017, the Detroit Sports Media (formerly Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association) named Enberg the 2017 recipient of the DSM Ernie Harwell Lifetime Contribution Award for a lifetime of service to the sports broadcasting community.

==Personal life==
Although Enberg was Finnish on his paternal side, his surname was of [[Swedish people|Swedish]] origin.<ref name=enbergname>{{cite web|title=Enberg Family History|url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=enberg|work=ancestry.com|access-date=June 11, 2012}}</ref> During an ESPN television broadcast from the Wimbledon tennis championships on June 24, 2010, Enberg said his father was born in Finland, and changed his name from the Finnish "Katajavuori" to the Swedish equivalent Enberg on arrival in the U.S. as he felt it would be a simpler name. The surname means "juniper mountain." Enberg said it pleased him that [[Jarkko Nieminen]] was doing so well as Finland is close to his heart and it is a small nation with few tennis facilities.

While working at Saginaw, Michigan radio station [[WSAG|WSAM]] early in his career, Enberg considered changing his name professionally to "Dick Breen" after being told that "Enberg" was too [[Jewish]]-sounding.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oh, My!|last1=Enberg|first1=Dick|last2=Perry|first2=Jim|page=[https://archive.org/details/dickenbergohmy00dick/page/33 33]|year=2004|publisher=Sports Publishing, LLC|location=Champaign, IL|isbn=1-58261-824-0|url=https://archive.org/details/dickenbergohmy00dick/page/33}}</ref> The story of his surname is also detailed in his autobiography, ''Oh My!''

Enberg was the father of actor [[Alexander Enberg]], actor-musician Andrew Enberg, and daughter Jennifer Enberg by former wife [[Jeri Taylor]]. At the time of his death, he was married to his second wife, Barbara ('''née''' Almori), with whom he had one son, Ted Enberg (also a sportscaster), and two daughters, Nicole and Emily.

Ted Enberg is a play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN, [[Pac-12 Network]] and called the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in [[2017 US Open (tennis)|2017]]. Ted currently resides in San Diego and has a sports podcast with [[PodcastOne]] entitled, ''Sound of Success''. He is married to Sara Elizabeth Miller. Ted would ultimately portray his father in the 2022 [[HBO]] series ''[[Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein|first=Paul|date=March 6, 2022|title=Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Recap: It's Showtime!|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/winning-time-season-1-premiere-recap-the-swan.html|work=Vulture|location= |access-date=}}</ref>

Enberg penned a one-man theatrical play titled ''COACH'', as a tribute to his former television broadcast partner and late friend, [[Al McGuire]], the extraordinary college basketball coach and commentator. It debuted at [[Marquette University]]'s Helfaer Theater in 2005. It drew positive reviews as an accurate portrayal of the eccentric coach. At the [[2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2007 NCAA Final Four]] in [[Atlanta]], Enberg presented three performances of ''COACH'' at the Alliance Theater. Those attending the April 1 matinée included [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]] coach [[Dean Smith]] (whom McGuire defeated in the [[1977 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game|1977 NCAA Championship]] in Atlanta) and former [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]] [[All-America]]n center [[Bill Walton]]. The play was then performed at [[Hofstra University]], near Al's old neighborhood on [[Long Island]] in New York. It has since been booked in [[San Diego]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Chicago]], [[Portland, Maine]], [[North Carolina]] and [[Indiana]]. The most recent performance was at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. Actor [[Cotter Smith]] portrayed McGuire in the one-man show.

Enberg served as Chairman of the [[American Sportscasters Association]] from 1983 until 2017. He was also a board member for the [[Lott Trophy|Lott IMPACT Trophy]], which is named after [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] [[defensive back]] [[Ronnie Lott]] and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

==Death==
Enberg died on December 21, 2017, in [[La Jolla]], California, from a suspected heart attack. He was 82.<ref name=ESPN_Obit>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg dies at age 82|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/21842570/dick-enberg-beloved-broadcaster-dies-age-82|website=ESPN|date=December 22, 2017|access-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Miler|first1=Bryce|title=Dick Enberg, broadcast legend, dies at 82|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/sd-sp-dick-enberg-death-obit-20171221-story.html|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|access-date=December 22, 2017|date=December 21, 2017}}</ref>

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*{{cite book |last=Enberg |first=Dick |author2=Jim Perry |title=Oh My! |url=https://archive.org/details/dickenbergohmy00dick |year=2004 |publisher=Sports Publishing, LLC |location=Champaign, Illinois |isbn=1-58261-824-0 }}
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== External links ==
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* [https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/dick-enberg Dick Enberg] Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727014600/http://cbs.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/denberg CBS Biography: Dick Enberg]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090827184757/http://www.cmich.edu/insidecmu/article.asp?dbflag=C&id=3488 Academic center named for Enberg]

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