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
- ^ "ROW OVER UMPIRES AVERTED BY BARROW". The New York Times. March 24, 1920. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "DETROIT CONQUERS BOSTON TEAM, 17-7". The New York Times. October 14, 1935.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060508&content_id=1443455&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
- ^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060508&content_id=1443455&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
- 1892 births
- 1978 deaths
- American football officials
- American male journalists
- 20th-century American journalists
- American sports announcers
- Boston Braves broadcasters
- Boston Red Sox broadcasters
- Writers from Boston
- People from Bourne, Massachusetts
- Major League Baseball broadcasters
- Major League Baseball umpires
- Sports in Boston
- Suffolk Downs executives
- Harvard College alumni