Best Four Chicago Sports Broadcasters-- Part 5: Lloyd Pettit

My heart wants to put Pat Foley here, but my head says even Foley would defer to Pettit.  He called Blackhawk games on WGN-TV from 1961 to '75., in addition to Cubs and White Sox games.

By all accounts, he was an outstanding broadcaster, and he had a big influence on Foley.

Pettit's trademark "A shot and a goal!" was akin to Brickhouse's "Hey, Hey!" and Caray's "Holy Cow!"  In fact, it became part of the lyrics to "Here Come the Hawks."  Some say his best work was calling Hawk home games on the radio, where he painted a picture in the minds of listeners and stirred their emotions with the tone of his voice.

I remember listening to him call Hawks games on the radio and could see the action just as if it was on TV.

"A Shot and a GOAL!!"  --Cooter