Holmes 'Daddy-O' Daylie

Daddy-O-Daylie

Rich Samuels

Achievement: 
Professional Basketball Player, Radio Personality
Bio: 

Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie (May 15, 1920-2003) - Daylie's first job out of high school was playing basketball, first as a Harlem Yankee then as a Harlem Globetrotter. He later returned to Chicago and tended bar. He ventured into radio based on the recommendation of a customer who liked his unique patter. Daylie hosted Daddy-O Jazz Patio on WAIT and worked at WMAQ and WAAF before retiring in 1983.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Shoop Elementary School
Morgan Park High School