Eli Gold Shares Alabama & NASCAR
Stories At Chamber Annual Meeting

Eli Gold shares NASCAR and University of Alabama sports stories during the Arab Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Arab Today photo by Dwight Hayes

March 26, 2010
Eli Gold, nicknamed the Voice of Alabama Football, drew a sold out crowd to the Arab Chamber of Commerce Annual meeting Thursday night.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Gold began his broadcasting career in 1972. He has worked with NASCAR's Motor Racing Network which broadcasts racing events over a 500 station radio network. In 1988 Gold became the voice of the University of Alabama Football. In addition to play by play of the games, he hosts a call in radio show called "Hey Coach".

Gold entertained the audience with several humorous stories from his years broadcasting Alabama football and with NASCAR. Alabama football has had eight different head coaches during his tenure. In addition to the stories, Gold also took several questions from the audience.

Additional photos from the entire chamber meeting