Chicago’s 'Jack of all Trades' Brickhouse was the face of WGN-TV for five decades

Jack Brickhouse was a jack of all trades. From car shows to conventions, and from Popes to presidents, Brickhouse interviewed just about everyone and covered just about every kind of story.

[@misstee101]

Before Harry Carray it was Jack Brickhouse

[@paulfredericks5668]

The most comforting voice of my Childhood...Thank you, Jack!

[@PedroRodriguez-hy5ty]

Jack is the man hey hey

[@gregv79]

Let's do a Lou Boudreau/Vince Lloyd blooper reel next.

[@petermoran2832]

Why doesn't Wrigley Field have a statue of Jack Brickhouse? For forty-one years, from 1940 until 1981, he covered the Cubs while nine U. S. Presidents served. Brickhouse should have been the Cubs personality honored with a statue at the Friendly Confines.

[@shaystern2453]

yet brick was FOS

[@jamesd242]

because he was a cheap bastage

[@disneyfan8178]

Or at least have the press box named after him.

[@gregv79]

Awesome 👌

[@franklinestep5374]

Jack Brickhouse is my childhood & the summer of the cubs I love the man I have his autograph

[@johnnynbk]

everybody in chicago loves jack

[@ScottMorrisIV]

The legendary Jack Brickhouse, CEO of “Hey-Hey❗️❗️”

[@godfreyzilla8608]

I have to admit that sometimes I would get a bit embarrassed by Jack for some of his comments. Once he was commenting about the record of a Cub's pitcher whose name I can't remember. Then he mentioned the name of the opposing team's batter he would be facing whose last name was identical to the pitcher's. He followed that by politely adding "no relation" since the pitcher was Caucasian and the batter was African-American. I loved the man for that kind of sportscasting brick. In the late 60's-early 70's I would take my very young son (under 5) to home games often. We liked to sit under the scoreboard with all of the old guys who knew a thing or two about everything Cubs. One time we arrived at the concourse landing below the broadcast booth just as Jack was climbing the ship's ladder up to the booth and already a few steps up. He turned and saw my little boy, stopped and came back down to speak with him from where he could see him better. My son recognized him from watching the games on TV with me and was delighted that Mr. Brickhouse "knew him". What a class act that man was except it was not an act. It was real. God bless you in baseball heaven Jack.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

Hey Hey!

[@musicman76enator]

Brickhouse is The GOAT. He's my pick over Harry Caray. Period. End of Story.

[@sheawhitey5009]

Jack Brickhouse could do it all. I used to live five blocks away from Wrigley Field. Baseball/wrestling/ football/ basketball you name the sport he could announce anything. They gave Harry CAREY the flowers FIRST. WHERE JACK SHOULD HAVE HAD HIS STATUE BEFORE HARRY& HIS SIGNATURE CATCHPHRASE AFTER A HOMERUN HEY, HEY. HE WAS JUST CHICAGO ICON AS FAR AS SPORTS ANNOUNCERS GO

[@shaystern2453]

brickhouse was HORRIBLE

[@shaystern2453]

jack of all trades master of none

[@MIKECNW]

Did you catch any footballs or Baseballs? I once saw old NFL footage of kids standing outside the stadium when the bears were playing.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

☮️

[@shaystern2453]

unfortunately this is true

[@stevemeinecke]

Man

[@stevemeinecke]

Dam, good manage the best 👌

[@dawnreneegmail]

Great sportscaster to watch as a kid