Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. (born July 17, 1940) is an American former sportscaster known for his long career with CBS Sports.

Lundquist joined the Cowboys Radio Network in 1967[8] and remained with the team until the 1984 season.

He was paired with future (and now current) play-by-play man Brad Sham starting with the 1977 season, the year Dallas went 12–2 and captured their second NFL title in Super Bowl XII.

It aired weekday evenings on the ABC station, WFAA-TV, from 6:30 to 7:00, in north central Texas.

[11] During these four seasons, Lundquist started interviewing Cowboys players and their first head coach, Tom Landry, at their sidelines, during halftimes, practices, pre-season and pre-game warm-ups in Dallas.

[13] Lundquist's patented belly laugh and contagious enthusiasm for the events he covers have made him one of the more prominent and recognizable on-air talents on network TV.

[14] Lundquist is among the key voices of NFL Films and in past years had called regional NFL games for CBS, NBA games for CBS and TNT and TNT's Sunday Night Football telecasts.

[15] He called television play-by-play on Seattle Seahawks preseason games from 2006 to 2008.

[16] During the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, whose rights were held by CBS and TNT, Lundquist and Scott Hamilton served as the announcers for figure skating events.

[17] Their performances were parodied by Saturday Night Live cast members Phil Hartman and Darrell Hammond (as Lundquist) with Dana Carvey, David Spade and Will Ferrell (both as Hamilton): in 1992 with Jason Priestley and 1994 with Nancy Kerrigan and Chris Farley.

[21] He planned to contribute to other CBS Sports programs, including its college basketball and golf coverage, for the foreseeable future.

[23] Despite his retirement from announcing college football and basketball, Lundquist remained active as a commentator, continuing to call golf for CBS Sports.

[24] Lundquist continued calling the PGA Championship for CBS through 2021, and the Masters Tournament through 2024.

[28] Lundquist played himself commentating on golf tournaments in the 1996 motion picture Happy Gilmore.

[48] In May 2012, Lundquist delivered the commencement address at Hampden–Sydney College, an honor he calls "one of the true achievements of my lifetime.

[50] On October 22, 2016, Lundquist was a Celebrity Guest Picker on College GameDay on ESPN.