Fox Sports' Super Bowl LIX broadcast honored the 'greatest handheld cameraman' as he filmed the final game of his career before retiring.
Super Bowl LIX broadcast honored the “greatest handheld cameraman” as he filmed the final game of his career before retiring.
Don Cornelli, a veteran sports television camera operator and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer, worked the final NFL game of his career on Sunday night, operating a handheld duringgave an on-air shoutout to longtime handheld cameraman Cornelli as he filmed for the last time before retirement.play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt used the opportunity to highlight Cornelli’s career and contribution as a handheld cameraman.
“That’s a Hall of Famer right there,” Burkhardt tells viewers. “The great Don Cornelli, who got started in 1987 withbroadcast then cut to Cornelli’s shot of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Devonta Smith’s long touchdown reception from earlier in the game. As the shot plays on screen, Burkhardt describes how Cornelli is retiring and that there is “nobody better and there might not ever be anyone better” than the cameraman.Cornelli has been an industry veteran for more than three decades.
Cornelli’s most famous shot of his career was filming wide receiver Plaxico Burress’s game-winning touchdown catch in the New York Giants’ victory over the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII — a game which is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport.
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