He was married to Katherine Mary Bennett. Don McNeill, (born Dec. 23, 1907, Galena, Ill., U.S.—died May 7, 1996, Evanston, Ill.), U.S. radio entertainer. He was assigned to host an unsponsored early morning variety show called The Pepper Pot, which had an 8 AM time slot on the NBC Blue Network (later to become ABC radio). Usually unscripted, it relied on listeners’ comments, poems, and folksy humour.

[citation needed], Archie Bleyer, who led the band for Arthur Godfrey's daily Arthur Godfrey Time on CBS radio, had founded Cadence Records in 1953. Senator George Murphy, Amanda Blake, Robert Clary, Don McNeil, Bergen Evans, Live in Chicago - Guests: Jayne Walton & Don McNeill, host: Bob Hope; guest stars: Gloria De Haven, Rocky Marciano, Don McNeill. [12] During the war McNeill served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and was attached to the embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He died on May 7, 1996 in Evanston, Illinois.

Don McNeill was born on December 23, 1907 in Galena, Illinois, USA as Donald Thomas McNeill. McNeill won his first major title in 1938 when he defeated Frank Bowden at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York.

[9] McNeill was the third player who managed to overcome a two-set deficit in the final of the U.S. Championships after Maurice McLoughlin (1912) and Bill Tilden (1922).

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Additionally he had been a runner-up in 1940 and 1946. He died on May 7, 1996 in Evanston, Illinois.
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[3] He went on to win the All England Plate, a tennis competition held at the Wimbledon Championships which consisted of players who were defeated in the first or second rounds of the singles competition.
[16], McNeill (right) with Chilean tennis player. He was married to Katherine Mary Bennett. [5] In August that year he also won the Southampton Invitational tournament after a victory in the final over Frank Kovacs. [2], Last edited on 26 September 2020, at 08:14, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Don McNeill, 'Breakfast Club' Host, Dies at 88", Highlights from The 1953 Breakfast Club Year Book, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don_McNeill_(radio_presenter)&oldid=980391355, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 08:14. People. McNeill applied for a job at NBC and was sent to Chicago to audition. This was followed by working in San Francisco as a comedy act with singer Van Fleming, called "The Two Professors."

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We may never know when our time is up. After a failed career move to New York City, McNeill returned to Illinois in 1933. [7] In September he won his second Grand Slam title when he defeated Riggs in the final of the U.S. National Championships after being down two sets to love. (Countless local shows even now refer to themselves as The Breakfast Club). Apr 30, 2020 - 18th century widows are the best.

McNeill won his first major title in 1938 when he defeated Frank Bowden at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York. After his tennis career he became an advertising executive in New York. McNeill's radio series finally ended in 1968, when McNeill retired from entertainment and public life.

In 1950 McNeill won his second U.S. Indoor title, twelve years after winning his first.

In 1933 he took over as host of an NBC morning program in Chicago and created The Breakfast Club. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. McNeill appeared occasionally on game shows, and in 1963 hosted a short-lived game show Take Two, built around photo comparisons. Don McNeill, Self: The Colgate Comedy Hour. [citation needed], After his radio career ended, McNeill taught communication arts classes at Marquette and Notre Dame from 1970-72, represented the Deltona Corporation, Florida land developers, from 1970-80, and served as a director of the Sears Foundation and on the advisory boards of Notre Dame, Marquette and Loyola University of Chicago. McNeill appeared occasionally on game shows, and in 1963 hosted a short-lived game show Take Two, built around photo comparisons. McNeill re-organized the hour show as The Breakfast Club, dividing it into four segments he called "the four calls to breakfast." Aug 31, 2017. by Heidi Schlumpf.

[2] Afterwards he played at Wimbledon, the only time he participated, and lost to Franjo Kukuljevic in the second round of the singles, reached the third round in the doubles and the quarterfinal in the mixed doubles. McNeill was born in Galena, Illinois, son of Harry T. McNeill and Luella R. Weinberger.

[8] There were several bad line calls that went against Riggs in this match.