Phil Georgeff

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  www.pasadenastarnews.com/sports/ci_7154002 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/12/2007    Last Visited: 10/13/2007  

  "I hate it when jockeys say my horse didn't show up today," said former track announcer Phil Georgeff, who called both of John Henry's victories in the Arlington Million and is retired and lives in Fairhope, Ala.
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  The finish was so close, so bang-bang, that NBC put up The Bart as the unofficial winner and then, according to Georgeff, for about three seconds the network had him as the official winner while the photo still was being developed.
  
  Georgeff recalls this exchange he had with an NBC man in the booth:
  
  NBC: "They're calling The Bart the winner."
  
  Georgeff: "I'm not sure."
  
  NBC: "No, they watched it."
  
  Georgeff: "Tell them not to do it."
  
  "And then NBC told me to mind my own business," Georgeff said.
  
  The men in the suits should have listened to Georgeff.He was one of the best of all time, right behind all-time great Harry Henson.Georgeff had a gut feeling John Henry had stuck his nose out at just the right instant.
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  "I think there have been other 9-year-olds to win major stakes, but no 9-year-old has ever won a Million or a race of that caliber," Georgeff said.
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  Of the 1981 running, Georgeff said, "It was just a tremendous race.
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  "He played the game beautifully," Georgeff said.

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  www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_7153718 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/11/2007    Last Visited: 10/12/2007  

  "I hate it when jockeys say my horse didn't show up today," said former track announcer Phil Georgeff, who called both of John Henry's victories in the Arlington Million and is now retired and lives in Fairhope, Ala. "Jockeys use that as an excuse when their horse gets beat.
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  And then, according to Georgeff, for about three seconds the network had him as the official winner while the photo was still being developed.
  
  Georgeff recalls this exchange he had with an NBC man in the booth:
  
  NBC: "They're calling The Bart the winner."
  
  Georgeff: "I'm not sure."
  
  NBC: "No, they watched it."
  
  Georgeff: "Tell them not to do it."
  
  "And then NBC told me to mind my own business," Georgeff said.
  
  The men in the suits should have listened to Georgeff.He was one of the best of all-time, right behind all-time great Harry Henson.Georgeff had a gut feeling John Henry had stuck his nose out at just the right instant.
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  "I think there have been other 9-year-olds to win major stakes, but no 9-year-old has ever won a Million or a race of that caliber," Georgeff said.
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  Of the 1981 running, Georgeff says, "It was just a tremendous race.
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  "He played the game beautifully," Georgeff said.

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  Alameda Times-Star Online - Sports News & Columns - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/12/2003    Last Visited: 6/12/2003  

  "There's no question in my mind he was the greatest ever," maintained famed Arlington Park track announcer Phil Georgeff, author of the recently released book "Citation: In A Class By Himself."
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  "I honestly feel it was a death wish with Warren Wright," Georgeff said.

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  Announcer John Imbriale Returning to Aqueduct -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/19/2006    Last Visited: 11/20/2006  

  Three years later, Imbriale went to Arlington Park as a replacement for Arlington Park's legendary announcer Phil Georgeff.

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  Book and Product Reviews - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/5/2007    Last Visited: 11/13/2007  

  A great tribute to Triple Crown winner Citation by one of his biggest fans, former Arlington track announcer Phil Georgeff.

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  Braulio Baeza : Article 30 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/12/1997    Last Visited: 10/3/2009  

  Track announcer Phil Georgeff

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  Daily Herald: Suburban Chicago's Information Source - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/12/2002    Last Visited: 10/12/2002  

  Legendary announcer Phil Georgeff - whose call "Here they come spinning out of the turn!"still echoes in many a Chicago-area resident's ears - will autograph copies of his autobiography, "And...They're Off."

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  Daily Herald: Suburban Chicago's Information Source - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/14/2002    Last Visited: 10/14/2002  

  They included: John Brown of Woodstock, nephew of jockey Joe Bollero, who won the first race ever run at Arlington Park on Oct. 13, 1927; Arlington single season champion jockey Shane Sellers, along with Arlington's all-time winning rider, Earlie Fires; handicapper Elmer Polzin, who covered racing at Arlington for 40 years; and legendary announcer Phil Georgeff.
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  Georgeff drew another line of fans who wanted to meet with him and get his autograph.He is known as the "voice of Arlington Park" for his memorable racing call, which included such famous lines as "And they're off," and "Here they come spinning out of the turn."
  
  "The way he made the call, he was the best," said Bob Altergott of Palatine, who had Georgeff sign a copy of his autobiographical book, "And They're Off."
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  "It all started for me at Arlington Park in 1941 when I saw Whirlaway race," Georgeff said."I've been associated as either a fan or an employee for more than six decades.It's a privilege for me to be here."
  
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  Del Mar Forum - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/25/2004    Last Visited: 9/19/2005  

  Phil Georgeff - Arlington's legendary announcer who retired in 1992 to Alabama's Gulf Coast - escaped the wrath of Hurricane Katrina safely without injury or significant property damage to his home.
  
  "We were very lucky," said Georgeff Sunday speaking over the phone from his Fairhope, Alabama, home."All I can do is to feel bad for all the people those people that lost their lives and those that lived but lost everything they owned.
  
  "And on a personal note, my wife I go down to a hospital for annual checkups at a hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, and we're very close to some of the doctors and staff down there," Georgeff noted."I haven't been able to get in touch with any of them as of yet.
  
  "Down here, we are very close to the (Mobile) Bay, but 35 miles north of the Gulf," Georgeff said."We had high winds that lasted a long time but our home was built on high ground to withstand hurricane specifications.Other than a few shingles ripped off the roof that I recovered from the bottom of the pool, and a lot of branches down, my wife and I were unaffected this time.Hurricane Ivan (Sept. 1994) was a lot worse.
  
  "This is the sixth major hurricane we've had down here since my wife and I moved here 13 years ago," Georgeff said, who began his Arlington career in 1959.

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  Everest and other Worthy Reads - Bill Madden's Gem by... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/31/2002    Last Visited: 12/17/2005  

  "Citation" by Phil Georgeff (Taylor, $24.95, 224 pages) is billed as the full story of the greatest thoroughbred in modern history.The great horse lived from 11945 to 1971.At retirement in 1951, Citation was the only millionaire racehorse.Legendary announcer Phil Georgeff presents a fascinating tale.

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