Roone
Pinckney
Arledge
Jr.
Born in Queens, New York, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 71
in New York City, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jan 2019
This page has been accessed 520 times.
Biography
Roone Arledge Jr. is Notable.
Roone Arledge had a profound impact on the development of television news and sports programming and presentation
Roone Pinckney Arledge, Jr. was born in 1931. He was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline, and 20/20. He died in 2002. He developed the programming format of television sports coverage. [1]
He received numerous Emmy Awards. [2] He received a Disney Legends Award for his contributions to television sports and news coverage. The award biography starts,
- Roone Arledge, president of ABC News, had a more profound impact on the development of television news and sports programming and presentation than any other individual. A 1994 Sports Illustrated ranking placed him third behind Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan in a list of 40 individuals who have had the greatest impact on the world of sports in the last four decades. In addition, a 1990 Life magazine poll listed Roone as among the “100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century.” [3]
He was also inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. John Heard portrayed him in the 2002 TNT movie Monday Night Mayhem.
Sources
- ↑ Arledge brought modern innovations to TV sports, ESPN, https://www.espn.com/classic/obit/NEWarledgeobit.html Accessed August 8, 2022)
- ↑ Roone Arledge, Emmy Awards, https://www.emmys.com/bios/roone-arledge (Accessed August 8, 2022)
- ↑ Roone Arledge, Disney Legend, https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/roone-arledge/ (Accessed August 8, 2022)
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 60525, Find A Grave: Memorial #6991730.
- 1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 2442 Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. <i>Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940</i>. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
- U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2020 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 62116 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.
- U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2019 Lehi, UT, USA Record Collection 61843 Note: See newspaper information provided with each entry.
- Roone Arledge, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, https://www.sportsbroadcastinghalloffame.org/inductees/roone-arledge/ (Accessed August 8, 2022)
See also:
- Wikipedia: Roone Arledge
- Wikidata: Item Q3128961, en:Wikipedia
Is Roone your relative? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Roone's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test.
No known carriers of Roone's ancestors' DNA have taken a DNA test.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Images: 1
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Roone is 17 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 22 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 17 degrees from George Catlin, 17 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 22 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 18 degrees from George Grinnell, 27 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 17 degrees from John Muir, 20 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
A > Arledge > Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr.
Categories: This Day In History July 08 | This Day In History December 05 | Emmy Award Winners of the 20th Century | Television Hall of Fame | Producers | Television History | Television Industry | Disney Legends Recipients | New York, Notables | Notables