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A Tribute to Jack Brickhouse | Sports | WGNTV.com | WGN TV | Chicago's CW |
 | | Brickhouse entered the broadcasting profession at the age of 18 at radio station WMBD in his hometown of Peoria, Ill., and was, at that time, the youngest sports announcer in the nation. |
 | | Brickhouse, who retired as Vice President and Manager of Sports from WGN in 1983, had been primarily identified as a sports announcer, but his broadcasting career was one of versatility. |
 | | Brickhouse was honored five times as the "Outstanding Sportscaster of the Year in the State of Illinois" by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Award Committee, and joined their prestigious Hall Of Fame in the early 1980s. |
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