What had started out for Rob King as a stopover in a city because of a job that was neither well-defined nor permanent has turned into a professional and personal dream come true.
The Steelers announced on Thursday that King was hired to be the play-by-play announcer for games broadcast across the Steelers Audio Network, and he will be doing it in a city he has come to love. He follows Bill Hillgrove, who announced his retirement on Feb. 29 after 30 seasons in that role, and King’s first game behind the microphone will be on Friday, Aug. 9, when the Steelers open their preseason against the Houston Texans at Acrisure Stadium.
“We are very excited to announce Rob King will be the new play-by-play broadcaster for the Steelers beginning this season after the retirement of long-time broadcaster, Bill Hillgrove, earlier this year,” said Steelers President Art Rooney II. “Rob has done a great job in his 25-year career in the Pittsburgh market and is very respected among his peers in the business. We are excited for Steelers Nation to hear his unique perspective and excitement of making our fans feel they are in the stadium witnessing the action on the field. He has big shoes to fill with the legendary broadcasters who have come before him, but we are thrilled to have Rob step into his new role to bring Steelers football to our fans across the world.”
King’s professional journey began with him graduating from Cooperstown High School, and at the time he walked across that stage in the same town that’s home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum he had no inkling of the path his life would take. An English Literature major at Washington University in St. Louis, King’s interest in football at the time involved more playing it than talking about it.
He was a wide receiver on his college football team for one year, and then he was moved to quarterback the next year. King graduated with a degree in English Literature, pondered business…
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