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16 Facts About Mike Shannon

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Mike Shannon then became a Cardinals radio broadcaster from 1972 to 2021.

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Mike Shannon was raised in St Louis, Missouri, and was an integral part of some of the Cards' most successful seasons, during the 1960s.

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Mike Shannon was the proprietor of Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood restaurant in downtown St Louis until it closed on January 30,2016.

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Mike Shannon's father was a St Louis police officer and after getting his law degree, worked in the prosecuting attorney's office before becoming the Prosecuting Attorney for the City of St Louis in the early 1970s.

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Mike Shannon attended grade school at Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic School, and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School in 1957.

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Mike Shannon was the Missouri High School Player of the Year in both football and basketball his senior year, and remains the only athlete to win both awards in the same year.

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Mike Shannon attended the University of Missouri before leaving in 1958 to begin his professional baseball career after signing with Bing Devine, general manager of the St Louis Cardinals.

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Mike Shannon, who believed himself to be a better football player, has said that if football players were paid better during his era, he probably would have stayed at Missouri and sought a professional football career.

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Mike Shannon began his big league career with the St Louis Cardinals in 1962.

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Mike Shannon hit the last home run in the original Busch Stadium in 1966 and the first one for the Cardinals in the second Busch Stadium.

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Mike Shannon joined the Cardinals' promotional staff in 1971; a year later he moved to the team's radio booth.

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Mike Shannon received a local Emmy Award for his work on Cardinal broadcasts in 1985, and was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Mike Shannon was named Missouri Sportscaster of the Year in 2002 and 2003.

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14.

On Friday nights after a Cardinals home game, Mike Shannon traditionally hosted a sports chat show from the Cardinals' home radio booth.

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Mike Shannon has called Cardinals games longer than anyone except Buck.

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On January 14,2021, Mike Shannon announced that the 2021 season, his 50th in the broadcast booth, would be his last.

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