Newsday's Bob Glauber honored by Pro Football Hall of Fame for 36-year reporting career
Newsday's Bob Glauber was presented with the Pro Football Writers of America's Bill Nunn Jr. Award during the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2021 induction ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. Credit: Andi Glauber
Peyton Manning is a tough act to follow, but Bob Glauber did just that on Sunday, and he gave the newly inducted Hall of Fame quarterback a gentle ribbing in the process.
Upon being presented the Pro Football Writers of America’s Bill Nunn Jr. Award during the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 induction ceremony, Newsday NFL columnist Glauber said, "Career achievement award? How about having Peyton Manning as your warm-up act in Canton, Ohio? Good job out of you, Peyton. By the way, they gave me 10 minutes."
That was a joke. Manning had complained good-naturedly about a new six-minute limit on Hall of Fame speeches this year before speaking for about nine.
Glauber was given only 90 seconds, but he made the most of them, thanking his family — including his wife, Jutta, daughters Andi and Emily and late father, Marvin — colleagues and writing subjects.
"Thank you to every player, coach, executive, team owner and commissioner for opening your world so we can write the story of the NFL — even you, Parcells," he said.
Glauber, who has covered the NFL since 1985 and has been at Newsday since 1989, long has had a strong working relationship with Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells.
The award Glauber received, which honors long and distinguished contributions to pro football through coverage, has been given since 1969, but this is the first year it is named for Nunn. It is awarded by the PFWA, of which Glauber is the most recent past president, and its recipient is recognized each year during Hall of Fame weekend. Past winners include Will McDonough, Peter King and Chris Mortensen.
Glauber paid tribute to the late Nunn, who himself was inducted with the Class of 2021 as a contributor.
Nunn was a longtime scout and personnel executive for the Steelers but began as a sportswriter in Pittsburgh who championed players and games at historically Black colleges and universities.
Glauber said recalling Nunn is fitting as the NFL marks the 75th anniversary of the reintegration of the league, adding, "The words Nunn wrote decades ago were not in vain."
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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