Gus Rooney

Augustine Joseph "Gus" Rooney was an American sportswriter, baseball umpire,[1] football referee,[2] and sports announcer.[3]

Rooney was born in Boston on January 8, 1892. He attended Harvard College as a special student in 1919-1920. He worked as a sportswriter for the Boston Traveler for several decades. In mid-April 1926, He became the first man to call a Boston Red Sox game, where he announced the opening day game for WNAC.[4] That season, he also announced some Boston Braves games as well.

He subsequently returned to his work as a sportswriter at the Traveler, retiring in 1938. In addition to sportswriting, his obituary notes that he was a publicist for Suffolk Downs when it opened. He died in Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, on December 21, 1978, at age 86.

References

  1. ↑ "ROW OVER UMPIRES AVERTED BY BARROW". The New York Times. March 24, 1920. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  2. ↑ "DETROIT CONQUERS BOSTON TEAM, 17-7". The New York Times. October 14, 1935.
  3. ↑ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060508&content_id=1443455&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
  4. ↑ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060508&content_id=1443455&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
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