Question: When was the sportscaster who did play by play for ABC in 1978 born ?
Context: Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed Boomer, is an American sportscaster.  He has been an anchor for "SportsCenter" on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's "Sunday NFL Countdown" program from 1985 to 2016.  He has also anchored "Monday Night Countdown", U.S. Open golf, the Stanley Cup Finals, and other programming on ESPN and ABC Sports.  Berman calls play-by-play of select Major League Baseball games for ESPN, which included the Home Run Derby until 2016.  A six-time honoree of the National Sports Media Association's "National Sportscaster of the Year" award, Berman was instrumental in establishing ESPN's lasting popularity during the network's formative years.  He is well known for his various catchphrases and quirky demeanor.  In January 2017, it was announced that Berman would be stepping down from several NFL-related roles at ESPN, but would be remaining at the company. Mark Jones (born November 16, 1961) is a Canadian-American sportscaster for ESPN and ABC.  Jones has been with ESPN/ABC since 1990.  Prior to that, Jones worked for TSN in Canada.  He primarily covers college football and NBA games for ESPN and ESPN on ABC. Keith Max Jackson (born October 18, 1928) is a retired American sportscaster, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006), his intelligent yet folksy coverage of college football (1952–2006), and his distinctive voice, with its deep cadence and operatic tone considered "like Edward R. Murrow reporting on World War II, the voice of ultimate authority in college football." The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A football; Division I-A was created in 1978 when Division I was subdivided into Division I-A and I-AA for football only.  The season came down to a rare #1 vs. #2 post-season meeting as #1 Penn State and #2 Alabama met in the New Year's Day Sugar Bowl.  The game is most remembered for Alabama's goal line stand with four minutes left in the game.  On fourth down and a foot, Alabama managed to keep Penn State out of the end zone and went on to win 14-7.  Keith Jackson, who did the play by play for ABC, called it the greatest game he'd ever seen.  76,824 people packed the Louisiana Superdome, which was tremendously loud. Erin Jill Andrews (born May 4, 1978) is an American sportscaster and television personality.  She hosts "Dancing with the Stars" for ABC and is a sideline reporter for Fox NFL. Phillip Sametz was born in Sydney in 1961.  Since his first broadcasts on ABC Classic FM and 2MBS-FM in the early 1980s, he has appeared on all the major ABC radio networks, writing and presenting feature programs, documentaries and interval features on ABC Classic FM, and as a regular guest on the afternoon show on ABC 702 Sydney, on the evening show on ABC 774 Melbourne, and on Radio National's "The Music Show", a program he has occasionally hosted.  Phillip was the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Communications Manager from 2004 until 2013, and is now a presenter and producer with ABC Classic FM.  He is also Director and vocalist of Sydney-based swing band The Mell-O-Tones, who perform regularly at the Cremorne Hayden Orpheum Cinemas.  His book on the history of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, "Play On!" , was published by ABC Books to mark the Orchestra's 60th anniversary in 1992. Allen Bestwick (born September 24, 1961) is an American sportscaster who formerly worked for ESPN and ABC as a motorsports and college football broadcaster.  He has been with the ESPN family of networks since 2007 and was the lap-by-lap broadcaster of ABC's coverage of the IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500. Brian Higgins (born February 6, 1982) is an American radio and television sportscaster working for the Syracuse University athletic department,the Syracuse IMG sports network and Time Warner Cable sports.  Since 2004, he has served as the play by play voice of Syracuse women's basketball and men's lacrosse teams.  In 2006, he began hosting the pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows during every Syracuse football game.  He was the play by play announcer for the Tri City Valleycats minor league baseball team in the 2002 through 2004 seasons and has done play by play for the Syracuse Chiefs baseball and the SU men's basketball and football team.  He is the host of "Syracuse in 60" football recap show on TWCS and does play by play of various collegiate and high school events. Cheryl D. Miller (born January 3, 1964) is the women's basketball coach at Cal State LA and a former college basketball player and sportscaster for TNT.  She is currently a sideline reporter for NBA games on TNT Sports and also works for NBA TV as a reporter and analyst having worked previously as a sportscaster for ABC Sports, TBS Sports and ESPN.  She was also head coach and General Manager of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Jerry Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies.  He was formerly the play-by-play announcer for the NBA's Denver Nuggets, calling their games from 1992 to 2010, until being hired as the full-time voice of the Rockies in January 2010.  Prior to that, he was a play by play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  He was the radio voice of Colorado State athletics during the 2009-2010 season and has been a fill-in broadcaster for the Rams each year since.
Answer: October 18, 1928