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Charles Martin Callahan

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Charles Martin Callahan

Birth
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
20 Jan 1995 (aged 79)
Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA
Burial
Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cremains section, lot 25
Memorial ID
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CHARLIE CALLAHAN, 79, RETIRED SPORTS PUBLICIST:
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) - January 17, 1995
Deceased Name: CHARLIE CALLAHAN, 79, RETIRED SPORTS PUBLICIST
Charlie Callahan, who helped tell the sports story at Notre Dame for two decades before coming to the Miami Dolphins as publicity director, has died at age 79.
Mr. Callahan, sports information director for the Irish from 1946 to 1965 and publicity chief for the Dolphins from 1966 to 1984, died Thursday. He suffered from congestive heart failure.
Dolphins founder Joe Robbie hired Mr. Callahan as publicist for the initial Dolphins season and Callahan stayed with the team until he retired 18 years later.
When the boss's methods were criticized, Mr. Callahan responded with a brief, indisputable statement: "No Joe Robbie, no Miami Dolphins."
CHARLIE CALLAHAN, 79, RETIRED SPORTS PUBLICIST:
Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) - January 17, 1995
Deceased Name: CHARLIE CALLAHAN, 79, RETIRED SPORTS PUBLICIST
Charlie Callahan, who helped tell the sports story at Notre Dame for two decades before coming to the Miami Dolphins as publicity director, has died at age 79.
Mr. Callahan, sports information director for the Irish from 1946 to 1965 and publicity chief for the Dolphins from 1966 to 1984, died Thursday. He suffered from congestive heart failure.
Dolphins founder Joe Robbie hired Mr. Callahan as publicist for the initial Dolphins season and Callahan stayed with the team until he retired 18 years later.
When the boss's methods were criticized, Mr. Callahan responded with a brief, indisputable statement: "No Joe Robbie, no Miami Dolphins."


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