The Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award, created in 1989 and named for the late longtime NFL commissioner, Pete Rozelle, is bestowed annually by the Pro Football Hall of Fame "for longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football". In contrast to similar awards given by other American professional sports leagues, the Rozelle Award has occasionally been granted to broadcast executives and production people in addition to on-air personalities. Also, some award winners have gone on to be inducted by the hall at a later date.
Rozelle Award recipients YearHonoreePrimary affiliation(s) 1989 Bill MacPhail Executive: CBS 1990 Lindsey Nelson Play-by-play: CBS 1991 Ed Sabol Founder and executive: NFL Films 1992 Chris Schenkel Play-by-play: DuMont, CBS, NBC 1993 Curt Gowdy Play-by-play: NBC, CBS 1994 Pat Summerall Color commentator and play-by-play: CBS, Fox 1995 Frank Gifford Color commentator and play-by-play: CBS, ABC 1996 Jack Buck Play-by-play: CBS, NBC, CBS Radio 1997 Charlie Jones Play-by-play: ABC, NBC 1998 Val Pinchbeck NFL broadcast official 1999 Dick Enberg Play-by-play: NBC, CBS 2000 Ray Scott Play-by-play: DuMont, CBS 2001 Roone Arledge Executive: ABC 2002 John Madden Color commentator: CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC 2003 Don Criqui Play-by-play: CBS, NBC 2004 Van Miller Play-by-play: Buffalo Bills 2005 Myron Cope Color commentator: Pittsburgh Steelers 2006 Lesley Visser Reporter: CBS, ABC 2007 Don Meredith Color commentator: ABC, NBC 2008 Dan Dierdorf Color commentator: CBS, ABC 2009 Irv Cross Color commentator and studio analyst: CBS 2010 Chris Berman Studio host: ESPN 2011 Jim Nantz Studio host and play-by-play: CBS Radio, CBS 2012 Len Dawson Studio host and color commentator: HBO, NBC, KMBC-TV, Kansas City Chiefs 2013 Al Michaels Play-by-play: ABC, NBC, Amazon Prime 2014 Bob Trumpy Color commentator: NBC, Westwood One 2015 Tom Jackson Studio analyst: ESPN 2016 James Brown Studio host and play-by-play: CBS, Fox 2017 David Hill Executive: Fox 2018 Andrea Kremer Reporter: NFL Films, ESPN, NBC, NFL Network, Amazon Prime 2019 Dick Ebersol Executive: NBC 2020 Joe Buck Play-by-play: Fox, ESPN 2021 John Facenda Broadcaster and narrator: NFL Films 2022 Howard Katz Executive: ABC, ESPN, NFL Films 2023 Fred Gaudelli Producer: ABC, NBC, Amazon Prime 2024 Merrill Reese Play-by-play: Philadelphia Eagles 2025 Brent Musburger Play-by-play, studio: CBS, ABC 2026 Sandy Grossman Director: CBS, Fox
References
See also List of current National Football League broadcasters Curt Gowdy Media Award - the NBA's comparable award Ford C. Frick Award - MLB's comparable award Foster Hewitt Memorial Award - the NHL's comparable award Bill Nunn Award