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Gus Rooney
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21 December 1978 (aged 87 years)
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Augustine Joseph "Gus" Rooney was an American sportswriter, baseball umpire, football referee, and sports announcer.
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.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.
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