- The first black play-by-play announcer at a Super Bowl (January 2001)
- Graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa in 1967.
- Over the air TV play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1991-1992.
- Has one daughter, Michelle
- CBS Sportscaster (March 2002)
- Older brother of Bryant Gumbel.
- Gumbel switched networks in 1993 from CBS to NBC and back to CBS in 1998 when NBC lost NFL football.
- In 1999, Gumbel refused to attend a NASCAR banquet honoring Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, on the basis that he disagreed with Thomas' positions on political issues.
- He grew up in Chicago and graduated from Loras College.
- Greg Gumbel was one of a few sports announcers to work on pre-game, play-by-play, and radio Super Bowl broadcast teams.
- Uncle of Bradley Christopher, and Jillian Gumbel.
- Inducted into the Loras Collage Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023.
- Survived by his wife, Marcy, their daughter, Michelle, one granddaughter, his one brother Bryant, one sister, Rhonda Gumbel-Thomas and his sister Renee Gumbel predeceased.
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