Francis Patrick "Frankie" Gilhooley Jr. (June 15, 1924 – November 19, 2010) was an American professional

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player and long-time minor league baseball announcer for the

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. He played for the

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in the National Basketball League for eight games during the 1946–47 season. In college he played both baseball and basketball for the

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. In 1953, Gilhooley began his broadcasting career as the radio voice of the

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. Over the next 50+ years he held various roles in radio and television, at one point anchoring the evening sportscast segments on regional television. When the Mud Hens moved to their new facility in 2002,

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, the team named two concession areas, one on each concourse level, "Gilhooley's Grill." In addition to his baseball broadcasting career, Gilhooley also did play-by-play of Toledo and

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college basketball games.

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