Augustine Joseph "Gus" Rooney was an American sportswriter, baseball umpire , football referee , and sports announcer.

Rooney was born in Boston on January 8, 1892. He attended Harvard College

Harvard College

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 as a special student in 1919-1920. He worked as a sportswriter for the Boston Traveler

Boston Herald

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 for several decades. In mid-April 1926, He became the first man to call a Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 game, where he announced the opening day game for WNAC

WRKO

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. 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

Suffolk Downs

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 when it opened. He died in Buzzards Bay

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

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, Cape Cod

Cape Cod

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, on December 21, 1978, at age 86.