Chick: (when the game was in the bag) This game is in the refrigerator, the door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jello's jiggling.
Chick earned the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award in 1992.
Chick is a two-time National Sportscaster of the Year award winner.
Chick receieved the Lifetime Achievement Victor Award.
Chick was a Seven-time California Sportscaster of the Year award winner.
Chick has had two streets named in his honor, both the Lakers and the city of Los Angeles renamed a part of West 11th Street between Figueroa Street and Georgia Street to Chick Hearn Court. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority further honored the late broadcaster by changing the name of the nearby Blue Line station to Pico-Chick Hearn.
Chick's son, Gary, died of a drug overdose on June 1, 1972.
Chick is the one that gave many of the laker players their nicknames such as Gail Goodrich, Kobe Bryant, Michael Cooper, and other Laker players.
Chick's nickname came from his teammates at AAU--they gave him a box containing "sneakers" but inside layed a dead chicken as a prank.
Chick attended Marmion Academy a high school in Chicago, Illinois.
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