_(cropped).jpg) Raible in 2026 | |||||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | (1954-06-02)June 2, 1954 (age 71) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Louisville (KY) Trinity | ||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1976:2nd round, 59th overall pick | ||||||||
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Steven Carl Raible (born June 2, 1954) is the play-by-playradio broadcaster for theSeattle Seahawks of theNational Football League (NFL), and was a weeknight news anchor forKIRO 7 inSeattle,Washington, until his retirement in 2020. He was awide receiver for the Seahawks for their first six seasons.
Born and raised inLouisville, Kentucky, Raible graduated fromTrinity High School in 1972 (and was its first alumnus to play pro football).[1] He playedcollege football forGeorgia Tech inAtlanta, as atight end andwide receiver in thewishbone offense under head coachPepper Rodgers.[2]
An original member of theexpansionSeattle Seahawks, Raible was asecond round selection in the1976 NFL draft (59th overall). He playedwide receiver for six seasons, from1976 to1981, all under head coachJack Patera.[3]
In his final season, Raible incurred acollapsed lung in the second preseason game in mid-August,[4] and did not play again for nearly two months, until the sixth game of the regular season. He dropped on the depth chart and caught just one pass during the 1981 season.[5]
As a receiver with the Seahawks, Raible wore #83 and was often jovially referred to as "the other Steve", much less celebrated thanhall of fame teammateSteve Largent.
| Year | Team | G | GS | Rec | Yards | Y/R | TDs |
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| 1976 | SEA | 13 | 1 | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 1 |
| 1977 | SEA | 14 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 |
| 1978 | SEA | 16 | 0 | 22 | 316 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 1979 | SEA | 16 | 3 | 20 | 252 | 12.6 | 1 |
| 1980 | SEA | 16 | 0 | 16 | 232 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 1981 | SEA | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Career | 84 | 7 | 68 | 1017 | 15.0 | 3 | |
During his playing career, Raible did broadcasting and public appearance work during the off season.[5][7] While preparing for his seventh NFL season, Raible was offered an opportunity in June1982 to be the color analyst for the Seahawks radio broadcasts withPete Gross onKIRO radio; he accepted and retired from playing at age 28.[8][9] He also became a sports reporter atKIRO-TV in Seattle, and later shared duties as one of its news anchors.
After 22 seasons in the analyst role, Raible became the lead play-by-play radio announcer for the Seahawks (the "Voice of the Seahawks") in2004 on flagship stationsKIRO-AM 710 ESPN Seattle andKIRO Radio 97.3 FM, where hiscatchphrases include"Are you kidding me?!" and"Holy catfish!"[10] He is teamed with former Seahawks linebackerDave Wyman, the current color commentator. He is one of the few people to have been associated with the Seahawks franchise in every year of its existence.
Raible also hosted the television coverage of theSeafairhydroplane races andBlue Angels airshow during the first weekend of August each year in Seattle. He shaved his famous mustache in March 2008 after KIRO-TV converted to ahigh definition news operation.[11][12]
In his career as a news anchor, Raible received fiveRegional Emmy Awards, including two for "best anchor".[13] He was a news anchor at KIRO-TV from 1993 until his retirement in 2020.[14]
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