Two more broadcasters left us today. Both you saw each and every Sunday for the longest time.

Tim Russert, host of “Meet the Press” died of a heart attack at age 58 today and long-time NBC Sports announcer Charlie Jones passed at the age of 77. Jones whose 45-year career as a sports broadcaster dates back to the beginning of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960.

NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol called Jones “one of the great pioneers of NBC Sports. His work in particular on the NFL, golf and the Olympics left a lasting legacy.”

Jones worked for ABC and NBC for 38 years, starting at ABC in 1960 calling AFL games and moving to NBC in 1965 and he stayed there until 1997.

Among the events Jones called were Super Bowl I, golf, tennis, baseball, football, figure skating, the 1986 Soccer World Cup and he was part of the announce teams at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He was also a regular amongst the NBC announcers for NFL football for many years after the NFL-AFL merger.

In addition, he also called more than 25 NCAA football bowl games including the 1987 Fiesta Bowl national championship game.

Jones began his broadcasting career full time in 1956 as sports director at KNAC-TV in Fort Smith, Arizona. Later he became the director of television and radio for the AFL Dallas Texans in 1960. Jones provided play-by-play on Cincinnati Reds baseball telecasts in 1973 and 1974, and for Colorado Rockies games from 1993 to 1995. He has also done play-by-play for preseason Oakland Raiders football.

He later co-wrote, co-produced and co-hosted the award-winning PBS series, “The American Frontier,” with Merlin Olsen one his former football broadcast partners.

Jones earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Trojans’ NCAA champion tennis team.

He is survived by wife Ann Jones, two children and three grandchildren.