Fred Cusick

Fred Cusick was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1918 to Irish immigrants. He grew up in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton. Cusick attended Northeastern University where he played hockey, football and baseball. In 1942 after graduation he joined the United States Navy serving for the duration of World War II. Afterwards he remained in the Naval Reserves, retiring with the rank of captain. Cusick began his career in radio on a Cape Cod radio station and then one in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1952 he began broadcasting Boston Bruin games on radio, eventually migrating to television where he was a constant for more than four decades. A recipient of the National Hockey League's Lester Patrick Award for major contributions to the game in the United States. Cusick was also the first American broadcast to be inducted into Toronto's Media Hall of Fame. The day after Cusick passed away from cancer he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.