Sports Announcer. He called Baltimore Orioles games for the better part of five decades and served 30 years as the play-by-play announcer of the Baltimore Colts. He was a United States Army World War II veteran who fought at the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded 3 Bronze Stars during the war. He took pride in his professional approach to his sport announcing job, but never apologized for an obvious bias toward the home team. When the Orioles got a clutch home run or the Colts scored a pivotal touchdown, Thompson would often exclaim on the air, "Ain't the beer cold!" That phrase became the title of his autobiography, published in 1996. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.
Sports Announcer. He called Baltimore Orioles games for the better part of five decades and served 30 years as the play-by-play announcer of the Baltimore Colts. He was a United States Army World War II veteran who fought at the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded 3 Bronze Stars during the war. He took pride in his professional approach to his sport announcing job, but never apologized for an obvious bias toward the home team. When the Orioles got a clutch home run or the Colts scored a pivotal touchdown, Thompson would often exclaim on the air, "Ain't the beer cold!" That phrase became the title of his autobiography, published in 1996. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.
Bio by: Ron Moody
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Beloved Voice of the Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Colts and recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ford C. Frick Award
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See more Thompson memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
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