Identifying the Bay Area’s best since the 1950s; Bill King to Russ Hodges and Jon Miller to Al Michaels;

TOP 20 PLAY-BY-PLAYERS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND BAY AREA 

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MANY LOVED THEM AND ADMIRED THEIR WORK:

Vince Cotroneo 

Dave Flemming

Bob Fouts  

Hank Greenwald

Randy Hahn

Russ Hodges

Bill King

Don Kline

Ken Korach

Mike Krukow

Dwayne Kuiper

Al Michaels

Jon Miller

Monte Moore

Greg Papa

Ted Robinson

Tim Roye

Dan Rusanowsky

Lon Simmons

Joe Starkey

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GREG PAPA AND BRENT MUSBURGER 

Listening to the NFL radio broadcasts when out and about? Working Niners games in Northern California, Greg Papa has always been one of my favorites.

He always sounds like he’s reporting with an innocent license. Bay Area fans love him. He also did Warriors’ broadcasts with lovable poise. (Bob Papa, Left, Voice of 49ers)

When he had a conflict with team owner Mark Davis, Papa was let go. Brent Musburger took over in Oakland and continued in Las Vegas where he also continued a national show. Davis dumped Musburger and stripped him of his play-by-play gig. In the Bay Area, the top twenty play-by-play voices, included those stylized and deeply remembered. 

In January 2017, Musburger left ESPN and ABC television networks after 27 years. He returned as the play-by-play voice of the Raiders from 2018 until 2022. 

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PETE ROSE

“Pete Rose was put on the permanently ineligible list for baseball in 1989. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a petition by the family of the late Pete Rose to reinstate the all-time hits leader, ESPN reports. If reinstated, Rose, who died in September of last year at the age of 83, would presumably become eligible for election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.” (from CBS Sports)

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1966 – Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull’s 51st goal of the season, setting NHL record.

1983 – The 4th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: St. John’s beats Boston College, 85-77. In 1985, the Johnnies advanced to the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky. The coach of the team was the legendary Lou Carnesecca who passed just short of his 100th birthday last November 30th.