Al Michaels

Al Michaels was born on November 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Alan Richard Michaels.

Attended and graduated from Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California (1962).

His broadcasting career began in Hawaii in 1968, calling the games of the Hawaii Islanders Triple-A baseball team in the Pacific Coast League. He also called play-by-play for the University of Hawaii's football and basketball teams, and was named Hawaii's "Sportscaster of the Year" in 1969.

Cincinnati Reds play-by-play announcer (1970-1972). San Francisco Giants play-by-play announcer (1974-1976).

Was the announcer for the legendary 1980 Olympic Ice Hockey "Miracle on Ice" between team USA and the Soviet team.

ABC Sports' lead baseball play-by-play announcer from 1983-1989 and 1994-1995.

Was the ABC announcer for the 1989 World Series when on October 17, 1989 (the third game of the Series), the Loma Prieta earthquake struck.

He is an actor and writer, known for BASEketball (1998), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Miracle (2004).

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 13, 2004.

On February 9, 2006, Michaels was traded by Walt Disney Pictures to regain the copyright of Walt Disney's first major animation character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, from Universal. Michaels took no offense at this transaction noting, "Oswald is definitely worth more than a fourth-round draft choice. I'm going to be a trivia answer someday.".

Ranked #9 by the American Sportscasters Association in its list of the Top 50 Sportscasters of All-Time. [January 2009]