Former NFLer and radio and TV broadcaster BOB TRUMPY has died at 80, according to Dave Clark of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER. Trumpy called four Super Bowls and three Olympics. He announced NFL games on NBC and network radio from 1978-2007. In 2014, Trumpy received the Pete Rozelle Radio and Television award for “long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football” (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 11/2). THE ATHLETIC’s Paul Dehner Jr. wrote Trumpy became a “pioneer for the most prominent radio station” in the city, 700WLW. He “invented and grew a brand of sports talk radio that previously didn’t exist.” Trumpy was on the air in Cincinnati from 1980-90 (THE ATHELTIC, 11/2).
REMEBER THE VOICE: THE ATHELTIC’s Mike Sando wrote Trumpy’s death “resonated with longtime NFL fans who remember his distinct voice and sometimes biting commentary as a color analyst” alongside SAM NOVER, BOB COSTAS, DON CRIQUI, DICK ENBERG, TOM HAMMOND and CHARLIE JONES from 1978-97. In the booth, Trumpy’s years with Criqui from 1984-88 and with Enberg on NBC’s No. 1 crew from 1992-95, when Trumpy succeeded MERLIN OLSEN, put him on the call for AFC games when top QBs like DAN MARINO, JOHN ELWAY and JIM KELLY were in their primes (THE ATHLETIC, 11/2).
