Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago
I recently found out that Cosell never made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Talk about a glaring oversight!
The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award is given annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to an iconic football broadcasting figure for "longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football." Yet for the 23-year history of the award, there has been one glaring oversight: Howard Cosell has not yet won it. Cosell needs no explanation of why he belongs. Monday Night Football made the NFL the dominant professional sports league in America. Cosell was simply the most famous radio and television sportscaster of all time and the lead of the classic ABC Monday Night Football broadcast team. Everyone else associated with that team; Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Dan Dierdorf, and producer Roone Arledge, have won the award. With Howard Cosell's exceptional contributions to professional football, how can the Pro Football Hall of Fame legitimately write the history of football without honoring Howard Cosell with the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award???
I recently found out that Cosell never made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Talk about a glaring oversight!
The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award is given annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame to an iconic football broadcasting figure for "longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football." Yet for the 23-year history of the award, there has been one glaring oversight: Howard Cosell has not yet won it. Cosell needs no explanation of why he belongs. Monday Night Football made the NFL the dominant professional sports league in America. Cosell was simply the most famous radio and television sportscaster of all time and the lead of the classic ABC Monday Night Football broadcast team. Everyone else associated with that team; Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Dan Dierdorf, and producer Roone Arledge, have won the award. With Howard Cosell's exceptional contributions to professional football, how can the Pro Football Hall of Fame legitimately write the history of football without honoring Howard Cosell with the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award???
