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Augustine Joseph "Gus" Rooney (8 January 1892 – 21 December 1978) 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.
Rooney worked as a sportswriter for The Boston Traveler for several decades. On April 13, 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.
Rooney died in Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, on December 21, 1978, at the age of 86.
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