Ron Pitts
- January 9, 2024
- American Football Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Ron Pitts |
Occupation | American Football Player |
Date Of Birth | Oct 14, 1962(1962-10-14) |
Age | 62 |
Birthplace | Sterling Heights |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Michigan |
Horoscope | Libra |
Ron Pitts Biography
Name | Ron Pitts |
Birthday | Oct 14 |
Birth Year | 1962 |
Place Of Birth | Sterling Heights |
Home Town | Michigan |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Libra |
Parents | Elijah Pitts |
Children(s) | Shea Pitts, Lee Pitts |
Ron Pitts is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on October 14, 1962 in Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States. Elijah Pitts, his father (1938-1998), was a running back for Packers. He was also part of the five NFL championship teams, including the first two Super Bowls. In Jerry Kramer’s 1967 season diary, Instant Replay, Ron Pitts is briefly mentioned as one of many players’ children who visited Packers’ locker room.
Under Terry Donahue, Pitts played college football in Southern California. He played in the Japan Bowl in January 1984 after his senior season. There he caught a Mike Tomczak ball late in the game, and returned it 99 yards to score a touchdown for the West team.
After retiring as a player, Pitts pursued a career in broadcasting. Pitts first joined the newly-formed Fox Sports in 1994. Pitts served as an analyst alongside Kenny Albert (1994), Thom Brennaman (1995-1997) and Ray Bentley (1998-2000). Then, in 2001, Pitts was promoted to lead sideline reporter for the final season of the Pat Summerall and John Madden pairing. Pitts was then placed back into the booth calling play-by-play of games working alongside Dwight Clark (2002), Marv Levy (2002), John Jurkovic (2002), Dave Krieg (2002), Tim Ryan (2003-2005), Terry Donahue (2006), J.C. Pearson (2006), Jesse Palmer (2006), Tony Boselii (2007-2008), John Lynch (2009-2010), Jim Mora (2011) & Mike Martz (2012). Following 19 years calling games as analyst, sideline reporter & play-by-play announcer, Pitts left Fox Sports following the 2012 NFL season and was later replaced by Kevin Burkhardt. He also co- hosted Under the Helmet (a weekly E/I program full of NFL-related segments for younger viewers) and former Fox Sports Net programs Total Access (whose name was later adopted by NFL Network for its own newscast) and Hardcore Football.
In 2008, Pitts was hired to host a new show on the Discovery Channel named Destroyed In Seconds. The show features video clips of disasters, accidents, and other destructive events, both natural and man-made.
Pitts was also featured in Hot Shots as a sports commentator. Part Deux. In the American TV series Sliders, he also appears as an alternate form of himself in the episode “Eggheads”. He’s also mentioned in Michael Nesmith’s 1984 movie Repo Man. This is a broadcast of college football that can be heard as the robbers make their escape from a store just before the main characters enter.
Ron Pitts Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | American Football Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Ron Pitts is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ron Pitts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Ronald Dwayne Pitts, a former American football player and sportscaster, was born October 14, 1962. He was a cornerback for the Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers and National Football League. He also played college football at UCLA.
Born in Sterling Heights, Pitts was raised in Detroit. His father, Elijah Pitts (running back for Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, later an assistant coach in NFL), was born in Pitts. In the mid-1970s, the family moved from southern California to Buffalo. He played football at Orchard Park High School until he graduated in 1981.
Pitts was selected in the seventh round of the 1985 NFL draft and had a brief playing career in which he played for the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. Injured in his first mini-camp, he missed the 1985 season. From 1986 to 1990, Pitts played 66 games at defensive back, starting six times. He had seven career interceptions. One of Pitts’s interceptions came off of San Francisco 49ers hall of famer Jerry Rice. In December 1988, he returned a punt for a touchdown against the Phoenix Cardinals.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Weight | 79 kg |
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Facts & Trivia
Ron Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ron Pitts celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.