Lawrence Harry Munson (September 28, 1922 – November 20, 2011) was an American sports announcer and talk show host.

He also handled the play-by-play for UGA basketball and Atlanta Falcons radio broadcasts and hosted sports-related talk shows.

[6] During the baseball off-season, Munson convinced local Nashville radio station WSM (AM) to broadcast Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball games with himself as the announcer.

One memorable Friday night during a rain delay, Dean warbled several verses of the Wabash Cannonball and purchased peanuts from a vendor in the stands, much to Munson's on-air amusement.

[9] In March 1966, Munson was in West Palm Beach, Florida, for the Braves' spring training and read in the Atlanta Journal that Georgia Bulldogs football radio announcer Ed Thilenius was resigning to become a broadcaster for the new Atlanta Falcons National Football League franchise.

Munson continued to live in Nashville until 1978 when he moved to metro Atlanta, after joining the Georgia Radio Network as a reporter.

[18] Munson's gravelly voice was one of the most distinctive in all of U.S. sports announcing and was regarded as endearing by Georgia Bulldog fans.

His unique turns of phrase – which were virtually always made offhand – became a part of Bulldog fan vernacular.

[19] Approaching his 85th birthday in 2007, Munson was in failing health and planned to call only UGA home games that season.

Prior to the 2007 season, Munson had missed only one game as announcer, a 34–3 loss to Clemson on October 6, 1990: he was recuperating from back surgery and Dave O'Brien substituted.

After undergoing rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, his family announced that he would be returning to call the home games in the fall of 2008.

The road crew of Scott Howard and former UGA quarterback Eric Zeier finished out the season calling all games on the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network.