Editing Roone Arledge (section)

==Honors==
Arledge was selected by [[Life (magazine)|''Life'' magazine]] as one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century". ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' ranked him number three in a list of "the 40 individuals who have most significantly altered or elevated the world of sports in the last four decades".

The NATPE "Man of the Year" Iris Award was presented to him in 1971. In 1981, he was a recipient of the Silver [[Olympic Order]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921844 |title=Roone Arledge |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

He was the winner of 37 [[Emmy Award]]s and in 1990 was inducted into the [[Television Academy Hall of Fame]].  In 2001, he was given the [[Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award]] by the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].  In 2007, The Walt Disney Company posthumously named Arledge a [[Disney Legend]] for his contributions to ABC News and ABC Sports (now ESPN on ABC), both (along with the ABC Network) now owned by Disney.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://d23.com/disney-legends/|title=Disney Legends|website=D23}}</ref>

The Roone Arledge auditorium located in student center [[Alfred Lerner Hall]] of [[Columbia University]], Arledge's Alma Mater, is named in his honor.

In 1997, Arledge won the [[Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arizona State University|title=Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication|date=January 29, 2009 |url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref>

Arledge was portrayed by [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]] in the 2002 [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] movie ''[[Monday Night Mayhem]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268466/ Monday Night Mayhem (2002)]. IMDb</ref> In the 2024 film ''[[September 5 (film)|September 5]]'', about ABC's coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics, Arledge was portrayed by [[Peter Sarsgaard]].