Howard Cosell

Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen, March 25, 1918–April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, most active with ABC Sports in the 1970s. Cosell was known for his blustery, cocksure personality.
In 1993, TV Guide named Cosell the All-Time Best Sportscaster in its issue celebrating 40 years of television. In 1996, the same magazine ranked him #47 on its list of the 50 greatest TV stars of all time.
==Portrayals in Hanna-Barbera works==
* In the second issue of the Marvel Laff-a-Lympics comic book, a Cosell caricature named Roger Rankle was hired to replace Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf as the Laff-a-Lympics commentator.
* Dirty Dawg, a character on The Kwicky Koala Show, had a voice similar to that of Cosell.
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