Ronald Reagan became a radio announcer in Iowa after graduating from college. In 1932 he was hired as a radio sports announcer for Davenport, Iowa radio station WOC. He broadcast University of Iowa games for WOC.
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Yes Ronald Reagan played football and he was a punter.
Ronald Reagan
He played football and was on the swim and track teams in college. In high school he also was on the basketball team.
After graduation from Eureka College, Ronald Reagan became a sports broadcaster. He was hired by the University of Iowa to announce home football games.
He used his real name, Ronald Reagan. As a sports announcer he went by Dutch Reagan.
The future President was a member of the TKE fraternity, majored in economics and sociology, and was active in sports, especially football, for Eureka College.
sports, horses, and politics.
Ronald Reagan.
The was no time lapse at all. Reagan went to California as a sportscaster to cover the Cubs spring training which took place at Catalina island, off the coast from LA and he stopped by the Warner Bros studio, did a screen test and got a contract.
It was around 1933 or shortly thereafter that Reagan became an announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
His hobbies were horseback riding, acting, rugby, and swimming.