Hanifan was raucously entertaining on Rams radio broadcasts

The Rams' radio broadcast team in 2008 was comprised of Steve Savard (left), D'Marco Farr (center) and Jim Hanifan. (Post-Dispatch file photo by Chris Lee)Jiminy Christmas, “Hanny” was fun to listen to on the radio.

Jim Hanifan, who died this week at 87, had an illustrious career as a football coach, notably as one of the most renowned mentors of offensive linemen in NFL history. But other than a brief stint as the football Cardinals’ head coach, he worked mostly in the background and his larger-than-life personality did not regularly come to the public forefront.

That all changed after his coaching days, when he made a huge splash in his short run as a commentator in the Rams’ radio booth by…