Bob Fitzgerald Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Announcer, KNBR

Bob Fitzgerald Biography

Bob Fitzgerald, born Robert James Fitzgerald is an American sports broadcaster. Currently, he is working as TV play-by-play announcer for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. He is also known as a co-host of the show Fitz and Brooks on KNBR with co-host Rod Brooks.

Bob Fitzgerald Age

Bob was born in 1968 in Chicago, United States. He is about 51 years old as of 2019. He has an American nationality and he is of white ethnicity.

Bob Fitzgerald Height

The American sports broadcaster stands at a height of 6 feet 5 inches (1.96m).

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Bob Fitzgerald Family

He was born in Chicago to his parents. After a few years, his parents had to shift from Chicago to Foster City due to their job purpose. From his early childhood, Bob was very much fascinated towards basketball. Initially, he learnt to play basketball from his father.

Bob Fitzgerald Wife | Bob Fitzgerald Children

Bob shares with the media his personal life. He was first in Carol’s relationship. It was his first and best romance story in high school that lasted until Coral took her last breath. Even when it was long distance, they maintained their relationship without any fuss. The couple got married on August 4, 1990, and was blessed with three children. However, Coral had pancreatic cancer and on September 20, 2016, she took her last breath. After his wife passed away, Bob made his life extremely personal. They had three children together, two daughters Erin and Quinn, along with a son Ryan. Fitzgerald lives on the Peninsula with his children.

Bob Fitzgerald Education

He went to Serra High School. He also graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Fitzgerald also received his Master’s degree in sports management from The Ohio State University. While at Notre Dame, he worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fighting Irish football and basketball on campus radio station WVFI.

Bob Fitzgerald Career

Bob Fitzgerald got a job and began his career with the KNBR as a talk show host. He used to host the show from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. The show was named as “Up All Night” as it was a night show. His vast knowledge in basketball and sports fetched him a great height in his career. He is now hosting the show, Fitz and Brooks with another host. Presently, Fitzgerald is hosting the 19th season of one of the popular show, known as the Golden State Warriors. Apart from this, Fitzgerald is also active in other sectors.

The Warriors broadcast team has received 12 nominations and won two Emmys for “Best Live Sports Broadcast,” all because of his arrival as a broadcaster. Fitzgerald’s hard work and dedication have been awarded. He received five Emmy nominations for “Best On-Camera,” among which in 2007 and 2014 he was awarded the Emmy for “Best On -Camera, Play-by-Play Sports” for Northern California. His voice was also chosen as the play-by-play voice for ESPN’s NBA Basketball video game series where he spent six years.

Fitzgerald has been working for many years and this is all due to his hard work and dedication to his work. He has had almost 20 years of experience in broadcasting Olympic sports. He was the play-by-play basketball announcer covering NBC Sports ‘ London 2012 Summer Olympics.

He was called by NBC Sports coverage of water polo which was held in the capital city of China, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Fitzgerald could be called from games in the National Football League. He is currently broadcasting San Francisco for 49 years. He serves as San Jose SaberCats ‘ play-by-play voice for the Arena Football League.

Bob Fitzgerald Net Worth

His net worth and salary for 2019 are not yet released.

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