Rooney was born in Boston on January 8, 1892. He attended Harvard College as a special student in 1919–1920. He worked as a sportswriter for the Boston Traveler for several decades. On April 13, 1926, He became the first man to call a Boston Red Sox game, where he announced the opening day game for WNAC.[4] That season, he also announced some Boston Braves games as well.
He subsequently returned to his work as a sportswriter at the Traveler, retiring in 1938. In addition to sportswriting, his obituary notes that he was a publicist for Suffolk Downs when it opened. He died in Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, on December 21, 1978, at age 86.
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^"ROW OVER UMPIRES AVERTED BY BARROW". The New York Times. March 24, 1920. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
^"DETROIT CONQUERS BOSTON TEAM, 17-7". The New York Times. October 14, 1935.
^Burton Whitman, "Red Sox Lose Home Opener to Yankees by 12-11 as 13,000 Fans Shiver," Boston Herald, April 14, 1926, pp. 1, 14.
December 15, 2023
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