It was Gipp, in the movie, who implored the coach from his deathbed to have the boys "win one for the Gipper," a phrase associated with Reagan for the rest of his life. They also analyze plays, game trends and developments that affect the game, which might be broadcast over television, radio or the Internet. He later played pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1952's "The Winning Team."īut, it was his role as Gipp that cemented Reagan's connection with sports. Sports commentators, commonly called announcers or sportscasters, describe the action on the field, the court, the ice or some other surface, depending on the sport.
He got his first big break as the halfback George Gipp in "Knute Rockne, All-American" in 1940. In his first four years, Reagan made 28 movies. Training, was signed to a $200-a-week contract and made his debutĪs a radio announcer in the 1937 film, "Love is on the Air." He lined up a screen test while in California for Cubs spring He covered track meets, title fights and Big Tenįootball live, and simulated broadcasts of Chicago Cubs baseball He got a job as a $10-a-game sports announcer for WOC inĭavenport, Iowa, and went on to a $75-a-week salaried position at In the fall of 1928, Reagan enrolled in Eureka College, near Peoria, where he took part in football, track and swimming, while majoring in economics and sociology, taking part in dramatics and again being elected student body president.Īfter graduation, he continued his association with sports, going to Chicago to seek a job in the young medium of radio and was advised by a station receptionist to try "what we call the sticks." He worked for seven summers as an $18-a-week lifeguard. When Ronald Reagan was 9, his family settled for good in Dixon, Ill, and the future president started his association with sports that lasted a lifetime.Īt Dixon High School, Reagan, who died Saturday at 93, participated in football, basketball and track besides acting in school plays and winning his first election, as president of the student body.
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