A Pictorial History of ASA

A Trip Down Memory Lane as
ASA Celebrates 31 Years 1980 - 2011

First Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - October 30, 1984

(l.to r.) ASA Hall of Famers Don Dunphy and Howard Cosell, ASA President Lou Schwartz and former Chairman of Madison Square Garden Sonny Werblin present President Ronald Reagan with the ASA's first Graham McNamee Award at the White House

Former New York Knick Walt "Clyde" Frazier (l.) and former Light-Heavyweight Champion boxer Michael Spinks

(l. to r.) Legendary boxing announcer Don Dunphy accepts the Hall of Fame Award from ASA President Lou Schwartz, Vice President and ABC sportscaster Curt Gowdy, and former Chairman of Madison Square Garden Sonny Werblin

Second Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 11, 1985

The 1985 ASA Hall of Fame Inductees (l. to r.) Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, and Jack Brickhouse with ASA President Lou Schwartz

The 1985 ASA Honorees: (l. to r.) Sportscaster of the Year Vin Scully, Sports Personality of the Year John Madden, and Humanitarian Award recipient and former Treasury Secretary William E. Simon with ASA President Lou Schwartz

Third Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - November 18, 1986

The 1986 ASA Hall of Fame Inductee Lindsey Nelson (r.) with ASA President Lou Schwartz

The 1986 ASA Sportscaster of the Year Dick Enberg (l.) with ASA Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan and ASA President Lou Schwartz with anti-drug poster and essay contest participants Kevin Mitchell and Betsy Alicea

Former Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth (l.) with former New York Yankee All-Star Dave Winfield

Fourth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 3, 1987

Former Vice President of Marketing for Anheuser Busch and ASA Dinner General Chairman Michael J. Roarty addresses the crowd

Former Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth (r.) presents former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett with the ASA Humanitarian Award

Future President of CBS Sports Sean McManus (r.) in 1987 accepting the ASA Hall of Fame award on behalf of his father, Jim McKay, from Curt Gowdy

General William Westmoreland (l.) with the ASA's first International Hall of Fame Inductee Japanese sportscaster Masao Hazama (r.) and his interpreter

(l. to r.)ASA Hall of Famers Jack Brickhouse and Curt Gowdy, the 1987 ASA Sportscaster of the Year Dick Enberg, and ASA Hall of Famers Don Dunphy and Mel Allen

Fifth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 13, 1989

ASA Chairman Dick Enberg (l.) with ASA Sportscaster of the Year Bob Costas

Graham McNamee Award recipient Bill White (l.) accepts award from Voice of the Detroit Tigers Ernie Harwell

(l. to r.) Sports Personality of the Year Awardee Dick Vitale shares a laugh with the Voice of Boxing Don Dunphy and ASA President Lou Schwartz

(l. to r.)The Voice of the Chicago Cubs Jack Brickhouse and talk show host Larry King congratulate the 1989 ASA Hall of Fame inductee Harry Caray

Sixth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - November 29, 1990

(l. to r.) Baseball greats Yogi Berra and Stan Musial with the 1990 ASA Hall of Fame inductee Jack Buck

Former Vice President Dan Quayle (l.) and ASA President Lou Schwartz present the ASA "Hero of the Year" award to David Opont, who was almost burned to death because he refused to take drugs. Master of Ceremonies Larry King looks on

Former Vice President Dan Quayle (l.), former "Monday Night Football" sportscaster Frank Gifford and his wife, talk show host Kathie Lee

Seventh Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner- December 5, 1991

(l. to r.) Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill, Hall of Fame inductee Ernie Harwell and ASA Chairman Dick Enberg

Graham McNamee Awardee Larry King (r.) with Sportscaster of the Year Bob Costas

Sports Legend Awardee Muhammad Ali (l.) with the "Voice of Boxing" Don Dunphy

Eighth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner- December 3, 1992

ASA Hall of Famer Mel Allen addresses the crowd during his tribute to the late, great "Voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers" Red Barber

Sports Legend Awardee Arthur Ashe (l.) and world renowned artist LeRoy Neiman sign autographs for their many fans

(l. to r.) Tommy Lasorda, Gen. William Westmoreland, Don Dunphy, Lou Schwartz, Graham McNamee Awardee Bud Greenspan, Hall of Fame inductee Vin Scully, Honorary Dinner Chairman Marylou Whitney, and Jack Brickhouse

Ninth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 2, 1993

Gerald Levin (l.), former Chairman & President of Time Warner, presents ASA Hall of Fame award to Marty Glickman

Shelby Whitfield (r.), former Executive Producer & Sports Director of ABC Radio, accepts Hall of Fame Award on behalf of Howard Cosell from boxing great Muhammad Ali & ASA President Lou Schwartz

Merle Harmon (r.) accepts Graham McNamee Award from ASA Hall of Famer Jack Brickhouse

Tenth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - Nov. 30, 1994

(l. to r.) Hall of Fame inductee Keith Jackson, wrestler "Diesel" and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon

(l. to r.) Sportscaster of the Year Pat Summerall, former President Gerald Ford and Sports Legend Awardee Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Eleventh Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - 11/30/95

ASA Hall of Famer Jack Brickhouse (l.) and Master of Ceremonies Tommy Lasorda (r.) present Chick Hearn with Hall of Fame Award

(l. to r. front row) Tommy Lasorda, Lou Schwartz, Dick Enberg, Sports Legend Awardee John McEnroe, Humanitarian Awardee Joe Garagiola, Yogi Berra and Jon Miller

(l. to r.) Sportscaster of the Year Al Michaels, ASA Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy, International Sportscaster of the Year Song Shixong, and ASA CHairman Dick Enberg

(l. to r.)ASA Board of Directors Curt Gowdy, Jack Brickhouse, Dick Enberg and Lou Schwartz at a special breakfast following the Hall of Fame Dinner

Twelfth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Awards Dinner - 3/18/97

(l. to r.) Former Heavyweight Champ Floyd Patterson, Hall of Fame Inductee Chris Schenkel, Sports Legend Awardee Joe Frazier, Honorary Sportscaster Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Sportscaster of the Year Marv Albert

(l. to r.) Boxing historian and author Bert Sugar, ASA member Leandra Reilly, and ASA Hall of Fame inductee Chris Schenkel

Thirteenth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Awards Dinner - 4/23/98

(l. to r.) ASA President Lou Schwartz and Honorary Sportscaster Dr. Henry Kissinger present Sports Legend Award to NY Yankees great Joe DiMaggio

(l. to r.) Sportscaster of the Year Dick Enberg, Hall of Fame Inductee Jack Whitaker, Mel Allen Service Awardee Ron Shapiro, world renowned artist LeRoy Neiman, ASA President Lou Schwartz, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Sports Legend Award recipient Joe DiMaggio

Other ASA Events

(l. to r.) WABC Radio's Warner Wolf, NY Yankee Radio Voice Suzyn Waldman, ASA President Lou Schwartz and world renowned artist LeRoy Neiman attending an "Old Geezers Club" meeting held by Bill Gallo of the NY Daily News at Gallaghers Steak House, New York City