Art Donovan Post-playing career What did donovan do when he left the nfl He published an autobiography, Fatso, Was the autobiograpghy a hit I don't know. What did he do after the autobigraphy was published He was noted as a jovial and humorous person during his playing career and capitalized on that with television and speaking appearances
Did he ever become a sports announcer?
Did Art Donovan ever become a sports announcer?
He published an autobiography, Fatso, in 1987. He was noted as a jovial and humorous person during his playing career and capitalized on that with television and speaking appearances after retiring as a player. He owned and managed a country club near Baltimore. Donovan also appeared ten times on the Late Show with David Letterman, telling humorous stories about his old playing days and about other "old school" footballers he played with and against. He relayed a story that he played without a helmet and in fact is shown on football cards without a helmet. Letterman wore Donovan's No. 70 Colts jersey in the famous Super Bowl XLI commercial with Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno.  Donovan guest-starred in the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete in the episode "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas". He also appeared as a guest commentator at the WWF King of the Ring tournament in 1994. Donovan's appearance at the 1994 King of the Ring event would become infamous among wrestling fans for being seemingly uninformed about the product as well as generally befuddled behavior such as repeatedly asking how much certain wrestlers weighed. He was joined by Gorilla Monsoon on play-by-play, who inadvertently referred to Donovan several times as "Art O'Donnell", and Randy Savage.  He was co-host of the popular 1990s program Braase, Donovan, Davis and Fans on WJZ-TV in Baltimore with Colt teammate Ordell Braase. The trio talked more about Art Donovan's fabled stories than contemporary NFL football, but the show held high ratings in its time slot. He was also a pitchman for the Maryland State Lottery and ESPN. CANNOTANSWER
He also appeared as a guest commentator at the WWF King of the Ring tournament in 1994.
Arthur James Donovan Jr. (June 5, 1924 – August 4, 2013), nicknamed the Bulldog, was an American football defensive tackle who played for three National Football League (NFL) teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

Early life
Art Donovan, born June 5, 1924, was the son of Arthur Donovan, Sr., a boxing referee, and the grandson of Professor Mike Donovan, the world middleweight boxing champion in the 1870s.

Art attended Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. He received a scholarship to the University of Notre Dame in 1942 but left after one semester to join the United States Marine Corps, enlisting in April 1943. He served four years, to include service in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He took part in some of the conflict's fiercest engagements, such as the Battle of Luzon and the Battle of Iwo Jima. He also served as an ammo-loader on a 40mm gun on the aircraft carrier  and as a member of 3rd Marine Division. His earned citations, which included the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal, and would later earn him a place in the U.S. Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame, the first pro football player so honored. After the war, he completed his college career at Boston College.

Professional football career
In each of his first three seasons, Donovan played for a team that went out of business. He started out with the first Baltimore Colts, which folded after his rookie season in 1950, followed by the New York Yanks in 1951, and their successor, the Dallas Texans, in 1952. After the Texans franchise folded, many of their players moved to Baltimore when the Colts were awarded a new franchise in 1953 and became the second Baltimore Colts, Donovan played with that team. He became one of the stars in an outstanding defense and was selected to five straight Pro Bowls, from 1953 through 1957. The Colts won back-to-back championships in 1958 and 1959. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

During his career, Donovan played in what many believe was one of the most important games in NFL history, the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Colts and the New York Giants. The contest between the two teams took place on December 28, 1958, and ended in a 17–17 tie. Being the championship game, it went into overtime, the first NFL game to do so. Witnessed by 40 million viewers on nationwide television, the game came to be known as the "greatest game ever played." Donovan made an important tackle during the overtime, stopping the Giants and allowing Johnny Unitas to lead the Colts on an 80-yard scoring drive to win the game. Donovan was one of 12 Hall of Fame players to take part, six of whom were Colts.

Post-playing career

He published an autobiography, Fatso, in 1987. He was noted as a jovial and humorous person during his playing career and capitalized on that with television and speaking appearances after retiring as a player. He owned and managed a country club near Baltimore. Donovan also appeared ten times on Late Night with David Letterman, telling humorous stories about his old playing days and about other footballers he played with and against in his time. He relayed a story that he played without a helmet and in fact is shown on football cards without a helmet. Letterman wore Donovan's No. 70 Colts jersey in the famous Super Bowl XLI commercial with Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno. Donovan also made several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Donovan guest-starred in the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete in the episode "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas". He also appeared as a guest commentator at the WWF King of the Ring tournament in 1994. Donovan's appearance at the event would become infamous among wrestling fans for being seemingly uninformed about the product as well as generally befuddled behavior such as repeatedly asking how much certain wrestlers weighed. He was joined by Gorilla Monsoon on play-by-play, who inadvertently referred to Donovan as "Art O'Donnell", and Randy Savage.

He was co-host of the popular 1990s program Braase, Donovan, Davis and Fans on WJZ-TV in Baltimore with Colt teammate Ordell Braase. The trio talked more about Art Donovan's fabled stories than contemporary NFL football, but the show held high ratings in its time slot. He was also a pitchman for the Maryland State Lottery and ESPN.

Achievements
 Played 12 seasons, 138 games
 Five-time consecutive Pro Bowl Selection (1953–1957)
 Four-time consecutive first-team All-Pro (1954–1957)
 First Colt to enter Pro Football Hall of Fame (1968)
 Member of 1958, 1959 NFL champion Baltimore Colts
 Began NFL play with Baltimore as a 26-year-old rookie (1950)
 Co-hosted the WWF's 1994 King of the Ring pay-per-view event
 U.S. Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame (2004)

Personal
Donovan was married to the former Dorothy Schaech for 57 years. Since 1955 they owned and managed the Valley Country Club in Towson, Maryland. Although he was the owner, Donovan was known for doing menial labor at the club to include painting and working in the kitchen washing pots and pans.

Death and legacy
Donovan died August 4, 2013, at Stella Maris Hospice in Baltimore from a respiratory disease at age 89.  A funeral mass was held at the Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Baltimore, and he was buried in a private ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. The Washington Post said of Donovan:

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Matt McConnell (born 1963) is the current play by play announcer for the Arizona Coyotes. He’s also a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Announcing career

NHL
McConnell got his start in the NHL as the radio play by play announcer for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a position which he held from 1993-1996. At the end of 1996 he went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as their radio play by play announcer. In 1999, he joined the Atlanta Thrashers as the team's first ever TV play by play announcer, a position which he held from 1999–2003, and returned to from 2009-2011. From 2004–2006 he served as the Minnesota Wild TV play by play announcer. McConnell has also covered the NHL playoffs for NHL Radio and Westwood One. In 2013, he was named "Arizona Sports Broadcaster of the Year" by the National Sports Media Association. In 2020 and 2021, he was named a finalist for the same award.

College Sports
McConnell also has served as the lead play by play announcer for CBS College Sports Network college hockey broadcasts. He also covered college basketball, college football and college lacrosse.

World Juniors 
McConnell served as the play by play announcer for NHL Network coverage of the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

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1963 births Mick Hubert (born February 16, 1954) is the radio play-by-play announcer for several Florida Gators athletic teams at the University of Florida (UF). Hubert is only the third "Voice of the Gators" - Otis Boggs held the position for over 40 years, and David Steele left in 1989 to become the TV voice of the expansion Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. Since then, Hubert has been the lead radio announcer for Florida's football and men's basketball teams and most baseball games. He also serves as the host for several coaches' radio and television shows and hosts and produces various other television, radio, and online content for UF's athletic department. On football broadcasts, he works with color analyst and former Gator player and coach Lee McGriff. For basketball games, he calls the action alongside Mark Wise.

Though he prides himself on extensive preparation before a broadcast, Hubert has become known for his "passionate" style of announcing. He first came to prominence after the Gators' last-minute win at Kentucky in 1993, when his energetic call of "DOERING'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! DOERING'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! OHHHH MY!" in describing the game-winning touchdown pass from Danny Wuerffel to Chris Doering was replayed by many national sports networks. His enthusiastic radio calls (including his use of "Oh my!", which he has attributed to the influence of long-time sportscaster Dick Enberg) have been featured many times by national sports outlets in the years since. As the radio voice of the Gators, Hubert called Florida's 1996, 2006, and 2008 football national championship teams, the 2006 and 2007 men's basketball championships, and the 2017 NCAA baseball championships, making him the only radio announcer to ever call championships for all three major sports for the same university. 

Hubert graduated from Illinois State University in 1976. Prior to joining the Gator Radio Network, he worked as the sports director at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, and did play-by-play for Bradley University and University of Dayton athletics. He also did radio play-by-play for NCAA tournament games for ESPN from 1986 to 1989. He has won many awards during his career, beginning with two Emmy Awards for sports coverage while working at WHIO in the early 1980s. More recently, he was named the National Sports Media Association's Florida Sportscaster of the Year in 2017 and was inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

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