By By Jared Shafran, News Staff

‘ Former Northeastern three-season athlete Fred Cusick died Tuesday at the age of 90 after complications from bladder cancer.
While at NU, Mr. Cusick played hockey, football and baseball’ 1939-41. After graduating in 1942, Mr. Cusick began broadcasting Bruins games on the radio for WHDH in 1952.
Serving as the voice of the Boston Bruins for 45 years, Mr. Cusick called games on both radio and television until 1997.
Extremely dedicated to the local team, Mr. Cusick was known to tape Bruins games and drive the footage to local television stations so games could air the next morning, according to the Bruins official website.
Mr. Cusick became the first American broadcaster inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. He also received the Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding contributions to hockey in the United States in 1988.
Mr. Cusick was also responsible for convincing people in television to broadcast Bruins games, according to the Bruins website. He convinced stations that the team was going to be one of the best in the league in 1966, the year defenseman Bobby Orr joined the team. Born in Brighton to Irish immigrants, Frederick Michael Cusick was one of three sons. He was the youngest.
Mr. Cusick leaves behind his wife Barbara; his son Ted; three daughters, Sarah, Martha and Mary; and four grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville.

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