Eugene Charles "Gene" Hart was an American sports announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League.
18 Facts About Gene Hart
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Gene Hart graduated from Trenton State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education.
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Gene Hart explained his situation to Hart and Hart agreed to go with him, which began his announcing career in hockey.
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Gene Hart continued to announce with Glenn on a regular basis in Southern New Jersey, and kept several side jobs as well, including teaching high school history classes in Medford, New Jersey and Audubon, New Jersey.
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When Philadelphia was granted an NHL expansion team in 1966, Gene Hart submitted his tapes to the team, which would be called the Flyers.
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Since the Flyers could not afford one of the more experienced Canadian announcers, Gene Hart got the job.
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Gene Hart announced more than 2,000 NHL games, 6 separate Stanley Cups, 5 NHL all-star games, and the NHL Soviet Union all-star series.
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Gene Hart's call triggered the biggest celebration in Philadelphia sports history.
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Gene Hart called the horse races there until the track closed in 1989.
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Gene Hart did the play-by-play for the 1973 Finals of the North American Soccer League between the Philadelphia Atoms and the Dallas Tornado.
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Gene Hart was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 1997, receiving the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.
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Gene Hart came out of retirement in 1997 to announce for the Philadelphia Phantoms, the Flyers' minor league affiliate.
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Gene Hart announced the team's Calder Cup championship series before retiring at the end of the 1999 season.
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Gene Hart was the host of a little-known local radio talk show on WBCB 1490 AM in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Gene Hart died from a variety of illnesses on July 14,1999.
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Gene Hart had been a resident of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
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Gene Hart's daughter, Lauren Gene Hart, is a professional recording artist, and regular performer of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" before many Flyers home games.
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Gene Hart wears number 68 on her Flyers jersey to honor the age of her father when he died.