- Brickhouse underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor in the spring of 1998. Although the surgery was a success, Mr. Brickhouse died five months later of heart failure.
- Sportscaster and newscaster. Broadcast play-by-play for all of Chicago's sports teams at various times in his career.
- He was the first sportscaster to have his commentary sent live across from the United States to Europe. It was a Chicago Cubs day game at Wrigley Field, a segment of which was televised live, via the then-new Telstar Communications Satellite. This was in the summer of 1962.
- Jack Brickhouse was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1996.
- While he was awarded the Ford Frick Award by the Hall of Fame, he (and all other recipients are) was not considered a member of the Hall.
- Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1985, along with Mel Allen and Curt Gowdy.
- Inducted into the Greater Peoria [Illinois] Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 (inaugural class).
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