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Bob Elson (March 22, 1904 - March 10, 1981) was a pioneering American sportscaster.

Nicknamed "The Old Commander", Elson called play-by-play for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs and White Sox in the 1930s and '40s. From 1946 to 1970 he broadcast for the White Sox exclusively, and in 1971 called games for the Oakland Athletics before retiring.

His style was often described as "relaxed", not easily succumbing to emotion or hyperbole. In some sense his style anticipated the relatively low-key approach of announcers such as Red Barber, Vin Scully, Ernie Harwell, Skip Caray and Herb Carneal. His home run call would have been something like, "It's a home run!"

Elson received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.

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