John Beasley Brickhouse was an American sportscaster.
20 Facts About Jack Brickhouse
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In 1985, Jack Brickhouse was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame along with the Voice of the Yankees Mel Allen and Red Sox Voice Curt Gowdy.
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Jack Brickhouse called Chicago White Sox games prior to that team leaving WGN in 1968.
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Jack Brickhouse covered national events from time to time, including three World Series for NBC television, although the Cubs never got there during his tenure.
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The voice on the audio track of the famous Willie Mays catch in Game 1 of the 1954 Series at the Polo Grounds belongs to Jack Brickhouse, who was doing the Series along with the New York Giants' regular broadcaster, Russ Hodges.
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Jack Brickhouse covered many other events in and outside of sports, such as professional wrestling for WGN and political conventions for the Mutual radio network.
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Jack Brickhouse called Chicago Bulls basketball games for WGN-TV from 1966 until 1973, making him the voice of three of the major Chicago sports teams during that period.
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Jack Brickhouse was born in Peoria, Illinois, to Will and Daisy Jack Brickhouse.
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Jack Brickhouse's father died when Jack was two years old, and he was largely raised by his mother.
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Jack Brickhouse started his first job when he was only eleven, delivering the Peoria Journal and Peoria Star, and subsequently attended Peoria Manual High School.
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Jack Brickhouse began his long broadcasting career at eighteen, at Peoria radio station WMBD in 1934.
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Jack Brickhouse served in the US Marine Corps in World War II.
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Jack Brickhouse announced White Sox games on WJJD in 1945 but missed the 1945 Cubs season, the only time during his broadcasting career that the Cubs would win the National League pennant.
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Jack Brickhouse's was the first face seen when WGN-TV, Chicago's Channel 9, began broadcasting in 1948.
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Jack Brickhouse occasionally returned to the booth for special events, such as Wrigley Field's annual "70's Night".
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Jack Brickhouse guest-hosted with Harry Caray when the Cubs secured their first postseason berth in 39 years, as they clinched the 1984 National League Eastern Division title in Pittsburgh.
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Jack Brickhouse was sparer with his descriptive prose; perhaps not as spare as Vin Scully of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but talking in quick bursts rather than long sentences, knowing that the well-established camera work of WGN-TV and of producer Arne Harris would tell much of the story.
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On February 27,1998, Jack Brickhouse fell ill and collapsed while preparing for the funeral of fellow Chicago broadcaster Harry Caray.
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Jack Brickhouse was interred at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago.
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Jack Brickhouse was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998.