Hawk Harrelson: Fashion Plate

WSCR-AM evening host Laurence Holmes tweeted this photo of White Sox television announcer Ken "Hawk" Harrelson styling and profiling like Urge Overkill in the best fashions 1968 had to offer.

1968 was a career year for the lifetime .239 hitter. Harrelson banged out 35 home runs and 109 RBI for the Boston Red Sox and finished third in American League MVP voting behind Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain, the last pitcher in Major League Baseball to win 30 games.

Can you imagine Harrelson and Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski hitting the town after a rough day of work at Fenway Park in matching suits and medallions, picking up townies?

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By Chuck Sudo in News on August 10, 2011 2:20 PM

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Scotia Draven

Did Hawk do something totally stupid after I left Chicago in 1996? Because I remember loving to watch and listen to him do the play by play for the White Sox along with Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek.

oonagh1

Actually, he wasn't bad looking back in the day. He's a bit jowllier now but back in the 70's, with his flowing hair, high cheekbones and strong jawline, he was pretty dreamy.