Ron Pitts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Ron Pitts | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Date of birth: | October 14, 1962 |
| Place of birth: |  Detroit, MI |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive back |
| College: | UCLA |
| NFL Draft: | 1985 / Round: 7 / Pick 169 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1986-1987 1988-1990 |
Buffalo Bills Green Bay Packers |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Ronald Dwayne Pitts (born October 14, 1962) is an American sportscaster. He works for Fox Sports on its NFL coverage.
Pitts is one of the network's play-by-play announcers, working alongside former National Football League player Tony Boselli. He also co-hosts Under the Helmet, a weekly E/I program full of NFL-related segments for younger viewers. He also hosted the former Fox Sports Net programs Total Access (whose name was later adopted by NFL Network for its own newscast) and Hardcore Football. Pitts also had a cameo as a sports commentator in the film Hot Shots! Part Deux. He also appears as an alternate version of himself during the Eggheads episode of the American TV series Sliders. He is also mentioned in the 1984 Michael Nesmith movie Repo Man, in a college football radio broadcast heard in the background as the robbers bungle their way out of a store and just before the main characters walk in.
Pitts began broadcasting after a brief playing career in which he played for the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. From 1986 to 1990, Pitts played 66 games at defensive back, starting six times. He had seven career interceptions.
Pitts' father, Elijah Pitts, also played for the Packers and was part of two Super Bowl champion teams, Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.
[edit] References
- The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia. New York: Sterling, 2006
 |
This biographical article related to television in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This biographical article relating to an American football defensive back born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
