Video bio of Joe McConnell, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2017;
There are few major sporting events that Goodland, Indiana, native Joe McConnell didn’t cover in his 40-year career. Not only did he call three Super Bowls, the NBA Championship series, the NBA All-Star Game and the American League Championship Series, but he was the voice of multiple professional and college teams that include the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers and college athletics at Indiana State University, the University of Notre Dame and Purdue University. A graduate of Franklin College, McConnell was five-time winner of the AP/UPI Sportscaster of the Year and was named Sportscaster of the Year in both Indiana (2000) and Illinois (1981). Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels named McConnell a “Sagamore of the Wabash” upon his retirement from Purdue in 2009. McConnell died April 8, 2018, at 79 years old.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers