Howard Cosell - Pete Rozelle Award Nomination

The exciting manner with which Cosell delivered his weekly "Halftime Highlights" recap of Sunday's games from the day before is still viewed with reverence in the sports broadcasting industry today. Who else but Cosell had interviews with the great NFL players and coaches like Roger Staubach, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Fran Tarkenton, Franco Harris, O.J. Simpson, Don Shula, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and many others.

Facts in Support of Howard Cosell Nomination to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Link to articles on Cosell:

As strange as it sounds, Howard Cosell has never won Rozelle award... (...a must read)

Don Meredith Wins Rozelle Award in 2007 and Frank Gifford in 1995

James Campion Article

Campion's Review of Mark Ribowsky Book

The Fix Is In

Sports Illustrated magazine ranks Howard Cosell the #9 sportscaster of all time

Yahoo! Sports rates Howard Cosell as the #1 sportscaster of all time 

http://www.steelergridiron.com/history/myroncanton.html

http://www.101espn.com/category/csaunders-blogs/20100805/Why-is-Howard-Cosell-getting-snubbed?/

http://s1.zetaboards.com/thevolunteeronline/topic/3665905/1/

http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/absence-of-howard-cosell-from-pro-football-hall-of-famea-glaring-oversight/

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1004977/index.htm (1967, S.I. Myron Cope)

http://wtww.staatalent.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1786

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Howard_Cosell.aspx

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Howard_Cosell.aspx#2




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