Trivia

Led the crowds at Cubs games in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." (Started the tradition at Comiskey Park with the White Sox in the 1970's.)

Collapsed at a Rancho Mirage, California, nightclub after a Valentine's Day dinner with his wife. After spending four days in a coma, Caray succumbed shortly after being removed from life-support.

Suffered a stroke in 1987.

Was a major-league baseball broadcaster for 53 years; 25 with the St. Louis Cardinals, one with the Oakland Athletics, 11 with the Chicago White Sox and 16 with the Chicago Cubs.

Suffered two broken legs after being run over by a taxi in 1968.

Was orphaned at the age of 10.

Interred at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, in section 42w, block 22.

Harry Caray was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.

Father of Skip Caray, Grandfather of Chip Caray

While he was awarded the Ford Frick Award by the Hall of Fame, he (and all other recipients) is not considered a member of the Hall.

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 96-98. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Portrayed by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live.

Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1989.