This is a list of notable American public address announcers.
Baseball
Major League Baseball - Current Public Address Announcers
- Michael Araujo - Los Angeles Angels
- Dan Baker – Philadelphia Phillies
- Renel Brooks-Moon – San Francisco Giants
- 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
- Bob Ford – Houston Astros, University of Houston football
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Tom Hutyler – Seattle Mariners
- Jerome Hruska - Washington Nationals
- Tim Langton - Toronto Blue Jays
- Todd Leitz – Los Angeles Dodgers
- Chuck Morgan - Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals As of September 27, 2020, has announced 3,001 consecutive Major League games.
- Paul Olden – New York Yankees
- Bob Tayek - Cleveland Guardians
- Guy Junker - Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League Baseball - Former Public Address Announcers
- Alex Anthony – New York Jets and New York Mets
- Pete Arbogast – Los Angeles Dodgers
- 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
- Charlie Brotman – U.S. presidential inauguration parades, Washington Senators, Washington Nationals
- Cody Ray Desbiens - At age 18 in 2013, the youngest individual to ever PA announce a full Major League Baseball game - Fenway Park
- 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 and '02,'04,'06,'08,'16,'18,'20,'22 Winter & Summer Olympics, 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Bob Casey – Minnesota Twins
- Joe Collier - First Public Address Announcer of Color for the Dodge Brothers Baseball Club in California. Also, a professional boxer.
- Kevin Croft - USSSA Men’s Major World Series of Slow Pitch Softball, 1994–present
- J. Fred Duckett – Houston Astros
- Sherm Feller – Boston Red Sox
- Paul Friedman – Chicago Cubs
- Halsey Hall – Minnesota Twins
- Jim Hall – New York Giants football team, New York Yankees
- Joe Hawk -- Oakland Athletics First six games of 1996 season against Blue Jays and Tigers at Las Vegas' Cashman Field when Athletics' home facility was undergoing renovations; first openly gay P.A. announcer in major league history
- 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
- Sherman Maxwell - known as "Jocko". 1st Sports Commentator of color. Also, PA announcer for the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball.
- 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
- Josh Miller – San Francisco Giants Spring Training, Grand Canyon University baseball, Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League
- Nick Nickson – Los Angeles Dodgers
- 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
- Sherry O'Brien - Philadelphia Phillies - Shibe Park - Changed baseball announcing forever in 1944 by announcing each batter to the plate. Prior to this, the lineups were announced pre-game. Announced auto racing as well.
- Pat Pieper – Chicago Cubs
- Ryan Pritt – Cleveland Guardians
- 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
- Carole Stuart - Female stadium announcer in professional baseball (minor leagues) for the Reno Silver Sox, 1972 season
- Sherry Davis - San Francisco Giants - 1st Full Time Female Public Address Announcer in Professional Baseball History. 1993-2000
- Mary Morisoli - Salinas Packers (Class C Affiliate of Milwaukee Braves) 1956 - 1st Full Time Female in Professional Baseball. California League
- Daune Robinson - Woman PA Announcer for Cleveland Indians - 1998-2007
- Leslie Sterling - Woman PA Announcer for the Boston Red Sox 1994-1996 - 1st Woman of Color
Basketball
National Basketball Association
- Michael Baiamonte – Miami Heat
- (Wild Wayne) Wayne Benjamin, Jr. – New Orleans Pelicans
- (Matty) Matt Cord – Philadelphia 76ers
- Patrick K Doughty (Big Pat) – Charlotte Hornets
- Mark Fratto – Washington Wizards, Washington Commanders
- Sean Heath – Dallas Mavericks
- Eric Jensen - Milwaukee Bucks
- Andy Jick – Boston Celtics, Boston College
- Jedidiah Jones – Minnesota Timberwolves
- Herbie Kuhn- Toronto Raptors
- Vince Marotta – Phoenix Suns
- John Mason – Detroit Pistons
- Mark Mason – Portland Trail Blazers
- Scott Moak - Sacramento Kings
- Darian Morgan - Atlanta Hawks
- Mario Nanni – Oklahoma City Thunder
- Eddie Palladino – Boston Celtics
- Sean Peebles - Cleveland Cavaliers
- Primary Troy Pepper – Indiana Pacers
- Backup Shawn K Sullivan – Indiana Pacers
- Matt Pitman - Golden State Warriors
- Paul Porter – Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Dan Roberts – Utah Jazz
- Roland Ruiz – San Antonio Spurs
- Jonathan Sanford – Houston Rockets
- Olivier Sedra – Brooklyn Nets[1]
- Tim Sinclair – Chicago Bulls
- Eric Smith – Los Angeles Clippers
- Kyle Speller - Denver Nuggets
- Lawrence Tanter – Los Angeles Lakers[2]
Other Basketball Announcers
- Michael Clapper – Washington Mystics
- Ray Clay – Chicago Sky
- Frank Fallon – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Byron Hudtloff – Washington Valor, George Washington University Men's Basketball
Boxing/Wrestling
- Michael Buffer – Boxing
- Tony Chimel – World Wrestling Entertainment
- David Diamante – boxing[3]
- 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
National Football League
- Jim Barnett - Arizona Cardinals
- Chico Renfroe - 1st Known African-American PA Announcer in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, late 1970s
- Jeff Kovarsky – Dallas Cowboys
- Matt Rogers – Tennessee Titans
- Roger Emrich - Dallas Cowboys
- Sam Lagana – Los Angeles Rams
- John Rooke - New England Patriots
- John Magrino – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL International Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Orange Bowl, Outback Bowl
- Larry Richert- Pittsburgh Steelers
- Mark Fratto - Washington Commanders Washington Wizards
- Carrie Romero - 1st known Female to Announce at an NFL game in any capacity. Tennessee Titans player introductions in 2021.
Other Football Announcers
- Mike Collins - Notre Dame Football
- Kevin Heilbronner – Greensboro Swarm
- Wendy Herm - Princeton Tigers Football, Basketball, Soccer. 1st Female to Announce NCAA or higher football game September 27, 1997 Fordham at Princeton. 1st Female to Announce football in an NFL Stadium. Giants Stadium, Yale at Princeton, November 15, 1997
- Dave McHugh – Baltimore Brigade
- Kate Scott - 1st Female to Announce NCAA Division I-A (FBS) Football Game with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game
- Sean Valley - Inglemoor Vikings, prev Lake Washington, Bothell, Redmond.
Horse racing
- Jack Adler - 1st known horse racing announcer - late 1880s - famous for saying "All Right..." before announcing all race results.
- 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
National Hockey League
- Bruce Cusick - Vegas Golden Knights
- Erich Freiny – Detroit Red Wings
- Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
- Lou Nolan – Philadelphia Flyers
- Mike Ross – Toronto Maple Leafs
- Wes Johnson – Washington Capitals
- Byron Hudtloff – Washington Capitals pregame PA announcer
- Wade Minter - Carolina Hurricanes
- Andrew Imber - Florida Panthers
- Ryan Mill - Pittsburgh Penguins
- Jeff Kovarsky - Dallas Stars
- Paul McCann - Nashville Predators
- Alan Roach - Colorado Avalanche
- Al Murdoch - Vancouver Canucks
- Tom Calhoun - St. Louis Blues
- Phil Hulett - Anaheim Ducks
- Paul Porter- Tampa Bay Lightning Orlando Magic
- Jake Zimmer - Boston Bruins - 2022–present
- John Dolan - Boston Bruins alternate since 2005
- Adam Hamway - New Jersey Devils - 2022–present
- Michel Lacroix - Montreal Canadiens
- Jon Trottier - Ottawa Senators
- Joe Tolleson - New York Rangers
- Al Stafford - Edmonton Oilers
- Chet Buchanan - Seattle Kraken
Other Hockey
- Ann Craig-Cinnamon - Indianapolis Ice - 1st Female Public Address Announcer in a professional hockey game in 1989
- Jarrod Wronski - Hershey Bears
- William Watson – IIHF, MLRH – Ice and Inline hockey.
- Joe Wowk – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Sari Zalesin - Dallas Stars - 1st Full-Time Female Announcer in Professional Hockey/1st Female to Announce a Major Sports Playoff Game
- Michaela Johnson - Boston Bruins Women in Sports Night & Preseason PA Announcer
- Sean Sullivan - Manchester Monarchs Original announcer 2001 - 2012 - announced 419 consecutive home games (456 total)
Mixed
- Tom Carnegie – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana high school basketball
- 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
- Bob Jenkins - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Patrick Lagreid - Phoenix Mercury, Arizona Rattlers, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
- Chuck Morris - University of Tennessee baseball; 2015 Special Olympics World Games, basketball.
- 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
- Brian Nash - George Mason Baseball, Basketball, Volleyball, also Marquette University
- Tom Hoyt - Dartmouth College Men's and Women's Basketball, Dartmouth College Men's and Women's Soccer
- Alan Roach – Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, Olympic Hockey, Olympic Boxing, former PA Announcer of the Denver Broncos
- 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
- Mike Mahnke - University of Wisconsin Football, Men's Basketball, Men's Hockey, Women's Basketball and Volleyball. WIAA State Basketball Tournaments. Milwaukee Brewers baseball (guest PA announcer, 1998)
- Jake Zimmer - Voice of Premier Lacrosse League, 2021–present
- Steve Forni - Connecticut Sun, Springfield Thunderbirds former voice of the Boston Bruins
References
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