Pat Flanagan | |
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Born | Charles Carroll Flanagan April 11, 1893 [1]
Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
[1] |
Died | July 2, 1963
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 70)
Alma mater |
Grinnell College Palmer College of Chiropractic |
Occupation | Broadcaster |
Spouse | Hazel Elinor Rieman [2] |
Charles Carroll "Pat" Flanagan (April 11, 1893 – July 2, 1963) was a play-by-play broadcaster for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs from 1929 to 1943.
Flanagan was born in 1893 in Clinton, Iowa; graduated in 1913 from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa; and later studied at the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, during the 1920s. [2] After college, he worked in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Chicago. [2] He served with the medical detachment of the 33rd Infantry Division during World War I. [2]
Flanagan first broadcast sports for WOC in Davenport in 1921, [3] getting his start as a fill-in announcer. [2] He joined WBBM in Chicago in 1927, and became their first baseball announcer. [2] He served as the radio announcer of Chicago Cubs games from 1929 to 1943, [4] and also announced Chicago White Sox games. [5] While home games in Chicago were broadcast live, Flanagan recreated the play-by-play for road games from reports transmitted by ticker tape. [5]
In 1933, Flanagan served as radio announcer for the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game, held at Comiskey Park. [6] He also did the play-by-play for three World Series ( 1932, 1934, and 1938) for CBS Radio. [6] In his final season of announcing for the Cubs, 1943, he was assisted by Bert Wilson, who took over the lead role in 1944. [7]
Flanagan died in 1963 in Scottsdale, Arizona. [3] At the time of his death, he was the sports director for KOOL in Phoenix, Arizona. [3] Flanagan has twice been a finalist for the Ford C. Frick Award, presented by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. [8] [9]