Dick Schaap was born on September 27, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Richard Jay Schaap. He is known for his work on The Joe Namath Show (1969), The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) and With Love & Respect: A Reunion of the Lombardi Green Bay Packers (2001). He was married to Trish. He died on December 21, 2001 in New York City, New...
Older brother of William Schaap. Dick Schaap wrote : "I write, mostly to entertain, to make people smile, perhaps even laugh. My brother writes, mostly, to incite, to make people angry, perhaps even to act.".
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Inducted into the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985 for men's lacrosse and the "special category".
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Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
His autobiography, "Flashing Before My Eyes: 50 Years of Headlines, Deadlines & Punchlines" not only recounted some of his adventures, but was an anthology to his habit of name-dropping (531 celebrities).
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At 15, he was a reporter for the Nassau Daily Review-Star (NY) and worked under then-20 year old Jimmy Breslin.
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Graduated from Cornell University in 1955 and attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism on a Grantland Rice Memorial Fellowship.
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Won six Emmy Awards, one CableACE Award and the Women's Sports Foundation Award for excellence in covering women in sports.
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Coined the nickname "Fun City" for New York.
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Inducted into the Center for the Study of Sport in Society Hall of Fame, at Northeastern University (2001).
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Father of Jeremy Schaap, with whom he co-hosted a weekly radio program, The Sporting Life.
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Uit de wereld van Roald Dahl
1975
TV Series camera operator - 1 episode
De vloek van Woestewolf
1974
TV Series camera operator - 4 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sports Reporters
2016
TV Series
Host
Semi-Tough
1977
Dick Schaap - TV Sportscaster
The Gambler
1974
Television Announcer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dick Schaap: Flashing Before my Eyes
2001
TV Movie documentary
Sunday SportsDay
1990
TV Series writer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
1998
Documentary very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
ESPN SportsCentury
1999-2004
TV Series documentary
Himself / Host
ESPN 25: Who's #1?
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Star-Crossed
2002
TV Special
Himself (ABC Sports reporter)
With Love & Respect: A Reunion of the Lombardi Green Bay Packers
2001
Video documentary
Himself
NFL Films Presents
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself - Author
Dick Schaap: Flashing Before my Eyes
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Author and Journalist
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...
1999
TV Series
Himself
NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
1998
Documentary
Himself - interviewee
Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Wide World of Sports 35th Anniversary Special
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Charlie Rose
1995
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Sunday SportsDay
1990
TV Series
Himself - Host
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
TV Special
Sportscaster
The Mike Douglas Show
1978-1979
TV Series
Himself - Journalist / Himself - Sportscaster
The NewsCenter
1974
TV Series
Himself - NY Reporter (1974-1978)
The David Frost Show
1970-1972
TV Series
Himself
The Joe Namath Show
1969
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Co-Host
The Skitch Henderson Show
1968
TV Series
Himself
Today
1967
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Runnin' Rebels of UNLV
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011
Documentary
Himself
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Run for Your Life
2008/I
Documentary
Himself
Rebels on the Run: The Rise and Fall of UNLV Basketball
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Sports Commentator/Analyst
The Sports Reporters (2016)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2002
Emmy
Sports Emmy Awards
Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Host
Known for movies
The Joe Namath Show (1969) as Himself / Himself - Co-Host
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) as Thanks
With Love & Respect: A Reunion of the Lombardi Green Bay Packers (2001) as Himself
$14 Million
