Arthur Carlyon “Tony” Allen, sports editor and columnist with the Winnipeg Tribune during his 20 years with the newspaper, contributed some of the most cogent, forceful work in western Canadian journalism. His column, “One Man’s Opinion”, was infused with logic,...
A sports editor of the Regina Leader-Post for 16 years, this Scottish-born son of the prairies was a master of the written word. Interest in all lines of sport was his hobby as much as it was his job. From his perch in the press box at Taylor Field in Regina, he...
Vern DeGeer, long known in the Canadian news media as “Onkel Johkheer”, was a college football quarterback in his native city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Devotedly, he continued to espouse the cause of Canadian football throughout his lifetime as a sports editor in...
The Jack Wells story started, like so many others in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. A pause for breath in Saskatoon, and on to the bright lights of Winnipeg, where he became “Cactus” Jack Wells and somehow Winnipeg would never be the same. Jack Wells was the eyes, ears, and...
Following an excellent quarterbacking career with Edmonton and Calgary, Eric “Eck” Duggan was a game official for several years. “Eck” Duggan was among the group who reorganized the Edmonton Eskimos in 1949, after a nine-year hiatus. He was the CFL commissioner’s...
