He is an American sportscaster best known for his work as a CBS Sports commentator. He received his high school diploma from Austin High School in Austin, Texas. He also worked as a disc jockey at WOC in Davenport. He began his career as an anchor for WFAA in Dallas. Between 1974 and 1981, he worked for ABC Sports. He worked for TNT cable for two years. During his career, he is best known as a commentator for the Dallas sports show “Bowling for Dollars.” He also anchors the network’s NCAA Basketball coverage, which includes the “NCAA Men’s Division Basketball Championship.” He was inducted into the National Sportscaster and Sportswriter Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

He has been married three times in his personal life. His marital relationship has not fared as well as his professional career. His first marriage only lasted four years. After a year of divorce, he married his second wife. The couple was married for eight years before divorcing. From his third marriage, he has one child. Despite the fact that he had two previous marriages, his third marriage is going very well.

Early life and career

Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and began his career there. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before going on to Texas Lutheran University (formerly Texas Lutheran College), where he was a member of the Omega Tau Fraternity and graduated in 1962. He is now a member of his alma mater’s Board of Regents.

In 1962, Lundquist enrolled at Augustana Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois. His father was a Lutheran pastor and the President of the Augustana Lutheran Church’s Nebraska Synod. Lundquist worked as a disc jockey and played basketball and baseball at WOC in Davenport, Iowa. His ‘Golden Voice’ was the highlight of the preaching seminary class.

He began his broadcasting career as a sports anchor for WFAA in Dallas and KTBC in Austin as well as the Dallas Cowboys radio voice. Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967 and stayed with the team until 1984. Beginning with the 1977 season, when the Cowboys went 12–2 and won their second NFL title in Super Bowl XII, he was paired with future (and now current) play-by-play man Brad Sham. He was the sportscaster for WFAA’s 6 p.m. news, while his eventual successor Dale Hansen did the 10 p.m. news.

Before becoming a national sports commentator, Lundquist worked as a commentator for the Dallas, Texas-based sports show Bowling for Dollars from 1970 to 1974. It aired weekday evenings from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. on the ABC station WFAA-TV in north-central Texas. During these four seasons, Lundquist began interviewing Cowboys players and their first head coach, Tom Landry, on the sidelines in Dallas, during halftimes, practices, pre-season, and pre-game warm-ups.

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