Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson wins Hall of Fame's top broadcasting honor after decades of colorfully calling White Sox games
CHICAGO - You can put it on the board - yes!
Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, whose 42 years as a major league broadcaster included 33 with the White Sox, is the winner of the Baseball Hall of Fame's 2020 Ford C. Frick Award.
The selection by a panel of the 11 living past Frick honorees and four historians/columnists was announced Wednesday at baseball's winter meetings.
Harrelson, 78, who retired in 2018, is the fifth Chicago announcer to earn the honor - following Milo Hamilton (1992), Harry Caray (1989), Jack Brickhouse (1983) and Bob Elson (1979) - since the Frick was first awarded in 1978.
"It's just such an honor," Harrelson said Wednesday. "I've always considered myself to be probably as lucky, if not the luckiest, human being ever stepped two feet on the face of the earth. I've got a great family and a wonderful career and been with some
