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Born in Reading, Pennsylvania , Thompson began his broadcasting career with the Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies in 1947. In 1949 he was hired by the Orioles of the minor International League ; when the former St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and were rechristened as the major-league Orioles in 1954 , Thompson broadcast for them until 1958, moved to the Washington Senators in 1960, and returned to Baltimore in 1962. Thompson broadcast regularly on Orioles Radio until 1983, then switched to Television and occasional radio broadcasts. In addition to his baseball work, he called games for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League from the 1950s until their departure for Indianapolis in 1984. Thompson cut back on his play-by-play duties in the 1990s due to age and failing eyesight caused by Macular Degeneration . He received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1993. In addition to his broadcasts for the Orioles and Colts, Thompson is remembered for his flawed but endearing call of the sudden-victory finish to the 1960 World Series , for which he was a "guest" play-by-play announcer for NBC Radio. This event was replayed in full on an MLB radio special some years ago, during one of the players' Strikes . The pitcher was actually Ralph Terry ; Art Ditmar was warming in the Bullpen , and besides that error, Chuck just kind of got caught up in the moment:
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