Mike Adamle
American football player and sports broadcaster (born 1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael David Adamle (born October 4, 1949) is an American former football player and sports broadcaster. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
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Position: | Running back | ||||||
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Born: | (1949-10-04) October 4, 1949 (age 74) Moline, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Theodore Roosevelt (Kent, Ohio) | ||||||
College: | Northwestern | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1971 / Round: 5 / Pick: 120 | ||||||
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Adamle was a sports anchor at other Chicago television stations, including WLS-TV from 1982 to 1989 before hosting American Gladiators, a first stint at WMAQ-TV from 1998 to 2001, and then at WBBM-TV from 2001 to 2004 before returning to WMAQ-TV until 2017, when he was diagnosed with CTE-induced dementia which eventually forced his retirement. For much of 2008, Adamle worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in a variety of roles, including interviewer, play-by-play commentator, and General Manager of Raw.