You must love your job very much to come back even after retirement. Verne Lundquist is a sportscaster who retired in the December last year before returning for the March madness. He currently works for the CBS Network where he calls play by play for its coverage of NCAA Basketball and is also a commentator for the Masters and the PGA Championship. He played basketball and baseball and was a disc jockey at WOC in his youth.
Verne’s Glorious Career:
The commentator and play by play announcer have made several great calls during his job. He even got to portray himself as one in the 1996 motion picture Happy Gilmore. The leader and founder of the Omega Tau Fraternity in his college days used his golden voice for preaching in his classroom.
He began a career as the sports anchor for WFAA in Dallas and worked for several different networks before joining the ABC Network from 1974 to 1981, CBS from 1982 to 1995 later the TNT cable where he stayed for two years. He returned and worked for the CBS until December 2016 before retiring. He continues to contribute to the network for its sports programs.
Verne Lundquist’s Net Worth and Salary:
The sportscaster is one of the most sought after commentator and announcer. He obviously has had earned an exquisite net worth from his long and lucrative career which is in millions. CBS has paid some of its sportscasters generously so we can imagine that he receives a handsome salary from his job.
Even though officially retired, he continues to serve the network. He covers the basketball and golf as a commentator and play-by-play announcer. He has received much respect and various honors for his work along with being inducted into National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 2007.
A Steady Marriage After Some Failed Relationships!!
Verne made quite a news himself after getting hit in the face with a basketball after his return from retirement. He faced the same situation in his life during his early life. He had to go through multiple failed relationships before finding the one with whom he could spend his life.
A record suggests that he married Bette Lorraine Higgins in 1952 with whom he has a son named Vaughan Matthew Lundquist although the split and reason for it remains unclear. His other marriage was with Patricia Lundquist that could only last four years and the couple divorced in 1971. Just a year later, he married Kathy Vernon in 1972. They stayed together for eight years and then separated.
The sportscaster met his current wife Nancy Lundquist in a bar in Dallas where she was with her date. He recalls the incident with a smile as he fell for the woman at their very first meeting and even though she was with another man from who he stole her. He married her in 1980 and has been living happily ever since with his partner-in-crime. There are not much information released about their children.
Verne Lundquist’s Short Bio:
As per the wiki, Verne Lundquist currently aged 76 was born on 17th July 17, 1940 (age 76 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. He was born to white parents, and his father was a Lutheran pastor. The resident Steamboat Springs, Colorado is a graduate of Texas Lutheran University and belong to white ethnicity. The old man is still healthy and maintains a good body. He stands quite tall at the height of 5 feet and 9 inches.
