1. Chuck Swirsky is the play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Chuck Swirsky
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Outside Chicago, Chuck Swirsky called play-by-play for both University of Michigan basketball and football and was formerly the play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors.
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Chuck Swirsky began his broadcasting career on Cleveland radio with WWWE-AM.
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Chuck Swirsky then moved to WLUP, where he provided afternoon sports updates and hosted a Sunday sports radio show from 9 to 11pm through 1981.
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In 1980 Chuck Swirsky was named the Chicago Bulls public address announcer, serving until 1983.
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Chuck Swirsky next joined WGN radio in 1981 and remained through the mid-1990s.
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Chuck Swirsky hosted various sports talk shows and provided sports updates.
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Chuck Swirsky made frequent appearances on the Bob Collins radio show discussing Chicago sports, with Collins dubbing him "The Swirsk".
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Chuck Swirsky has since returned to his childhood faith of Catholicism.
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Chuck Swirsky left WGN for Detroit, where he did play-by-play for University of Michigan basketball in the mid-1990s.
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On March 23,2007, Chuck Swirsky was honored by the Raptors when they gave out 18,000 bobbleheads with his likeness.
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On May 6,2008, Chuck Swirsky left the organization for personal reasons related to his family.
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Chuck Swirsky has since returned to Chicago to carry out the radio play-by-play for the Chicago Bulls on its flagship station WMVP, which is the same station as Chuck Swirsky's first employer, WCFL.
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Chuck Swirsky has called Chicago White Sox games in 2015 as a fill-in for then play-by-play broadcaster, Ken "Hawk" Harrelson.
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On September 7,2016, Chuck Swirsky was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame.
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Chuck Swirsky was named to the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame in 2022.