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Chick Hearn

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Born 1916-11-27 Buda, Illinois, U.S. 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.4
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 broadca...
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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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The Proud Family poster
The Proud Family
as Self (voice)
2001-09-15
Dharma & Greg poster
Dharma & Greg
as Basketball Announcer (voice)
1997-09-24
Arli$$ poster
Arli$$
as Chick Hearn (voice)
1996-08-10
Duckman poster
Duckman
as Chick Hearn (voice)
1994-03-05
The Simpsons poster
The Simpsons
as Chick Hearn (voice)
1989-12-17
Garfield and Friends poster
Garfield and Friends
1988-09-17
21 Jump Street poster
21 Jump Street
as Chick Hearn (voice)
1987-04-12
Hardcastle and McCormick poster
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18

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