HOWARD COSELL

EARLY CAREER

• After high school, Cosell attended NYU Law School.
• In 1941, he enlisted in the army for World War 2 and quickly became a Major.
• After the war ended he went back to being a lawyer until in 1953, a ABC radio manager asked him to host a TV show .
• The tv show was on New York Flagship WABC featuring little league participants.
• Soon after he became a boxing announcer who covered most of Muhammad Ali's career.

JOBS IN JOURNALISM

CAREER FOCUS

THE MUHAMMAD ALI CONTROVERSY

• Ali refused to be sent over to Vietnam.
• Ali's boxing championship belt was stripped from him.
• Cosell soon became famous for backing Ali to get his belt back.
• "Down goes Frazier" "down goes Frazier " famous line by Cosell.

RESPECT

FAMILY/BACKROUND

• Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 25, 1918.
• Married Mary Edith Abrams. She died in 1990.
• Has two girls Jill and Hilary Cosell.

EDUCATION