# Chick Hearn

> Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well as the team's assistant general manager for seven years beginning in 1972. Hearn was the first broadcaster named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. 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 have 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.

*American basketball sportscaster*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chick-hearn

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1916-11-27
- **Died:** 2002-08-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372481/ (@nm0372481)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1338532)
- [تشيك هيرن](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86)
- [كتكوت هيرن](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86)
- [Chick Hearn](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [Chick Hearn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [Chick Hearn](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [Chick Hearn](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [Chick Hearn](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [Chick Hearn](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e65ad6a5-693f-4b97-bcc9-a0d1049290f2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321638)
- [Chick Hearn](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80258)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/chick-hearn