Former Packers broadcaster Tony Flynn dead at 92

HILLSDALE, Mich. – Tony Flynn, who worked for a Green Bay radio station and announced Packers games in the 1950s, died last week.

Flynn, 92, a native of Escanaba, Mich., was an announcer for Packers games on a radio network with listeners in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa. He partnered with Earl Gillespie, better known for his work with the Milwaukee Braves, and Bob Forte, Packers Hall of Fame member, during some of those six years between 1951 and 1957.

Flynn started his career with WDBC radio in Escanaba. He attended Marquette University and served briefly in the U.S. Army Air Forces before returning to WDBC in 1947. In 1951, he moved to WJPG radio, which was founded by the Press-Gazette and is now WNFL. At WJPG he replaced Gillespie, who had moved to Milwaukee.

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He also announced Wisconsin State League baseball games for three seasons, did news and sports reporting and commercials. Flynn also did live television commercials for a Milwaukee brewery on WBAY-TV in Green Bay.

From 1957-61, Flynn worked in Milwaukee before joining his brother, Fahey, who bought what became WCSR radio in Hillsdale, Mich. Tony Flynn eventually bought the station, which now is operated by his son, Mike.

The station broadcast Hillsdale College football games, which Flynn announced for 38 years. He was at the mic in 1969 when future Packers placekicker Chester Marcol, who played for Hillsdale, kicked a then-NCAA record 62-yard field goal.

Flynn was inducted into the Hillsdale College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

He died Jan. 21. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Hillsdale.