It’s a point of pride to come across the obscure. Not necessarily finding pages on “Dr. Shrinker” and hearing the old theme song as done by The Osmonds.

Can you believe he had drug issues?

I mean finding stuff that is somehow related to Pitt. So the Ohio AP Broadcasters Hall of Fame banquet was held last month. A posthumous honor for a former Steubenville sports anchor.

THE LATE Red Donley was a fixture on Ohio Valley television sets as viewers tuned in nightly to hear Donley’s descriptions of that day’s sports stories.

Born in Wellsburg and a 1941 graduate of Wellsburg High, Donley crossed the Ohio River to begin his broadcasting career at WSTV-AM in Steubenville as sports commentator and play-by-play announcer for area games.

By 1955, Donley had joined the Pittsburgh Steelers as part of their broadcast team. He remained in that capacity for six years before becoming the “Voice of the Pitt Panthers” in 1961.

That same year, Donley joined Pittsburgh’s WIIC-TV as sports director. His TV tenure in the Steel City earned Donley no less than five “Golden Quill” awards, presented to outstanding journalists in western Pennsylvania.

Donley would return to his native Ohio Valley in 1970 as news director at WSTV-TV. His outstanding work earned additional accolades, including the first President’s Media Award presented by the then-College of Steubenville.

Donley retired from television in 1988 and passed away 10 years later.

Let’s just say that Donley wasn’t calling games during the halcyon days of Pitt football. Outside of the spectacular 9-1 season of 1963, Pitt never had a winning record in the time he called games. This includes the Dave Hart era of 66-68 when Pitt went 3-27 over those 3 seasons. A record that makes every subsequent Pitt coach secure in the knowledge that he could never be considered the absolute worst coach ever in school history.