Personality behind the microphone can separate you from the crowd.  The ability for the gift of gab, but also be entertaining without overstepping on the play.  Staying power, being able to keep yourself in the box through nine coaches, that’s what Night Train Lane, the P. A. Announcer for Booker T. Washington High School in Oklahoma has done.

Tulsa World: Booker T. Washington P.A. announcer “Night Train” Lane – going on 45 years in the booth – is a man for the ages

Lawrence, who is better known as Night Train has been behind the microphone for 45 years, eight of those years ending in state championships with another five ending as a finalist, he’s even run for Congress, losing by nearly 40,000 votes in 1974, didn’t start announcing until he was 30.  And judging by the picture, he could still be going for another 45 years!