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Chick Hearn
Born November 27, 1916 (Age: 109)
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Buda, Illinois, U.S.
Biography
Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years. Hearn is remembered for his rapid-fire, staccato broadcasting style, associated with colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that has become common basketball vernacular. Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. Most of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.
Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn (November 27, 1916 – August 5, 2002) was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years. Hearn is remembered for his rapid-fire, staccato broadcasting style, associated with colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that has become common basketball vernacular. Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. Most of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media.
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Filmography
Love & Basketball
2000
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as Chick Hearn
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Age: 83
Wrongfully Accused
1998
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as Basketball Announcer
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Age: 81
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996
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as Self
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Age: 79
Airborne
1993
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as Basketball Announcer
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Age: 76
White Men Can't Jump
1992
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as NBA Announcer
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Age: 75
Heart Condition
1990
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as Self
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Age: 73
Big Business
1988
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as Sports Announcer
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Age: 71
Los Angeles Lakers: '87 The Drive For Five
1987
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as Narrator
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Age: 70
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
1987
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as The Announcer (voice)
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Age: 70
Volunteers
1985
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as Announcer
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Age: 68
Fletch
1985
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as Chick Hearn
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Age: 68
Half Nelson
1985
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as Voice of Announcer (voice)
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Age: 68
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
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as Sportscaster #2
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Age: 64
...All the Marbles
1981
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as Himself
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Age: 64
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
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as Chick Hearn
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Age: 62
Heaven Can Wait
1978
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as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
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Age: 61
The Gambler
1974
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as Radio Announcer
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Age: 57
Busting
1974
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as Laker Sportscaster on Radio (voice, uncredited)
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Age: 57
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
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as Self
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Age: 54
The Love Bug
1968
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as Announcer
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Age: 52
The Loved One
1965
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as Space-Burial Funeral Announcer
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Age: 48
Cry for Happy
1961
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as Commander (uncredited)
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Age: 44