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jack brickhouse

john beasley `` jack '' brickhouse -lrb- january 24 , 1916 -- august 6 , 1998 -rrb- was an american sportscaster .
known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of chicago cubs games on wgn-tv from 1948 to 1981 , he received the ford c. frick award from the baseball hall of fame in 1983 .
in 1985 , 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 .
brickhouse served as the organization 's secretary/treasurer and was a member of its board of directors .
brickhouse also called chicago white sox games prior to that team leaving wgn in 1968 .
he covered national events from time to time , including three world series for nbc television , although the cubs never got there during his tenure .
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 brickhouse , who was doing the series along with the new york giants ' regular broadcaster , russ hodges .
-lrb- brickhouse himself had called giants games locally in 1946 . -rrb-
brickhouse called the 1959 series , which featured the white sox with los angeles dodgers announcer vin scully , and the 1950 series with jim britt .
in addition , brickhouse partnered with fellow baseball broadcasting legend mel allen for nbc 's coverage of the 1952 rose bowl , and with chris schenkel for the network 's coverage of two nfl championship games -lrb- 1956 and 1963 -rrb- .
brickhouse covered many other events , sports and otherwise -lrb- such as professional wrestling , for wgn and political conventions for the mutual radio network -rrb- .
for many years he was the voice of chicago bears football on wgn-am radio , in an unlikely and entertaining pairing with the famous `` chicago sun-times '' gossip columnist irv kupcinet .
brickhouse was a boxing commentator as well .
fights he worked include the 1949 fight between jersey joe walcott and ezzard charles and the 1951 fight between johnny bratton and charley fusari .
he did chicago bulls basketball games for wgn-tv from 1966 until 1973 as well .
