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Jack Brickhouse
Jack Brickhouse was a sports announcer for WGN radio and television that is known for calling both White Sox and Cubs baseball games. He was also a soldier who served in WWII.
Jack Brickhouse got his start on a Peoria, Il radio station but it was 6 years before he got his real break. At the age of 24, Chicago radio station WGN hired Brickhouse to be radio announcer for both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs games. In 1948, 8 years after he got the radio job, WGN also started a television station and Brickhouse made the jump. When WGN station first aired, it was a Chicago Cubs game and Brickhouse was the first face seen by the home audiance. Brickhouse did television the next 33 years and was the face of Chicago sports.
From 1940 til his retirement in 1981, Brickhouse only missed one season of calling baseball. In 1945, WWII was raging on and were recruiting men. Brickhouse would serve for 1 year in the marine corps before returning to the booth.
Brickhouse did call both White Sox and Cubs games. This was because they rarely played a home game on the same day. In 1967, he quit doing games for the White Sox and spent his time with the Cubs. He spent the next 14 years traveling and doing all Cubs game and is rating as one of the top sports announcers of all time. He retired in 1981 and handed the microphone to another former White Sox announcer Harry Caray who would become a quick success for Cubs fans but Brickhouse would never be forgotten.
Brickhouse didnt do just Chicago baseball. As an employee for WGN, he was also sent to do 3 different World Series, none of which Cubs were in. He did the 1950, 1954, and 1959 World Series. In 1954, the New York Yankees played the San Francisco Giants and Brickhouse was at the Polo Grounds in New York to call the series. He was on television and was able to call the famous Willie Mays catch over his shoulder. In 1959, even though the Cubs didnt make it, he was able to call the World Series with the White Sox. The White Sox played the LA Dodgers and Brickhouse was able to call the game next to Dodger announcer Vin Scully. The Dodgers won the series 4 games to 2.
Brickhouse also called other events. He called wrestling and boxing matches, along with football and basketball games. He was sortime radio announcer for the Chicago Bears NFL team. He also called the 1952 Cotton Bowl and the NFL Championship from 1956 to 1963. He also did the Chicago Bulls games of the NBA from 1966 to 1973. With all of this though, he always would do baseball first.
Brickhouse died in 1998 of Cardiac Arrest and is entombed in Rosehill Mausoleum in the historic Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Il.
Jack Brickhouse
Jack Brickhouse was a sports announcer for WGN radio and television that is known for calling both White Sox and Cubs baseball games. He was also a soldier who served in WWII.
Jack Brickhouse got his start on a Peoria, Il radio station but it was 6 years before he got his real break. At the age of 24, Chicago radio station WGN hired Brickhouse to be radio announcer for both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs games. In 1948, 8 years after he got the radio job, WGN also started a television station and Brickhouse made the jump. When WGN station first aired, it was a Chicago Cubs game and Brickhouse was the first face seen by the home audiance. Brickhouse did television the next 33 years and was the face of Chicago sports.
From 1940 til his retirement in 1981, Brickhouse only missed one season of calling baseball. In 1945, WWII was raging on and were recruiting men. Brickhouse would serve for 1 year in the marine corps before returning to the booth.
Brickhouse did call both White Sox and Cubs games. This was because they rarely played a home game on the same day. In 1967, he quit doing games for the White Sox and spent his time with the Cubs. He spent the next 14 years traveling and doing all Cubs game and is rating as one of the top sports announcers of all time. He retired in 1981 and handed the microphone to another former White Sox announcer Harry Caray who would become a quick success for Cubs fans but Brickhouse would never be forgotten.
Brickhouse didnt do just Chicago baseball. As an employee for WGN, he was also sent to do 3 different World Series, none of which Cubs were in. He did the 1950, 1954, and 1959 World Series. In 1954, the New York Yankees played the San Francisco Giants and Brickhouse was at the Polo Grounds in New York to call the series. He was on television and was able to call the famous Willie Mays catch over his shoulder. In 1959, even though the Cubs didnt make it, he was able to call the World Series with the White Sox. The White Sox played the LA Dodgers and Brickhouse was able to call the game next to Dodger announcer Vin Scully. The Dodgers won the series 4 games to 2.
Brickhouse also called other events. He called wrestling and boxing matches, along with football and basketball games. He was sortime radio announcer for the Chicago Bears NFL team. He also called the 1952 Cotton Bowl and the NFL Championship from 1956 to 1963. He also did the Chicago Bulls games of the NBA from 1966 to 1973. With all of this though, he always would do baseball first.
Brickhouse died in 1998 of Cardiac Arrest and is entombed in Rosehill Mausoleum in the historic Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Il.