Frank Glieber

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Frank John Glieber (born April 5, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died May 1, 1985 in Dallas, Texas) was an American sportscaster.

Glieber was raised in the Midwest and attended Northwestern University. After graduating, he moved to the Dallas area and began his career broadcasting local sports events on area radio stations in the 1950s. As sports director of KRLD radio, Glieber called play-by-play of local college basketball and minor league baseball teams and served as a color commentator on Dallas Cowboys broadcasts. He later did the Cleveland Browns games on TV. The portly Glieber (affectionately nicknamed the "Round Mound of Sound") was named Texas Sportscaster of the Year seven times.

In 1963, Glieber began a long career with CBS television. Over the next two decades he would broadcast a variety of events for the network including NFL football, NBA and NCAA basketball, professional bowling, tennis, and golf (including The Masters tournament each spring). Glieber continued to broadcast local Dallas area sports events during his time at CBS, working as many as sixteen hours a day.

In 1985, Glieber collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack while jogging.