Happy-happy to birthday twins born in a magical year for the South Side — and one-day Pale Hose teammates
1904
Bob Elson, who would become the longest-tenured broadcaster in White Sox history, was born in Chicago.
Elson graduated from DePaul but became a WGN voice in 1929 almost completely by accident, being pulled into an audition while merely taking a tour of KWK in St.