Bryan Hall, the man they call “Huggy Bear” is the consummate play-by-play broadcaster. He was the voice of the Edmonton Eskimos for 40 seasons. Hall also dabbled in broadcasting of hockey games and also called the thoroughbreds at Northlands. Hall has been called the...
Ottawa’s gift to broadcasting, Pat Marsden began his radio career in Blind River, Ontario in 1958. He returned to Ottawa two years later and did the play-by-play of the Ottawa Rough Riders during the “Golden Era” watching future Hall of Fame members’ Russ Jackson, Ron...
Norm Marshall got his feet wet as a teen-aged broadcaster in St Catherines, Ontario. He then moved on to radio stations in Hamilton, Montreal, and Windsor. Norm broke into television as sports director of CHCH in Hamilton in 1954 then left to free-lance as a Canadian...
Fred got his start in broadcasting in 1951 at Toronto radio station CKFH but made his mark nationally when he joined the CBC in 1957. He worked in both radio and television and covered virtually every sport played in Canada. Fred’s broadcasting career spanned three...
Born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Jim spent his teen years in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he used to sneak into Osborne Stadium to watch the Blue Bombers. He cut his journalistic teeth in Victoria, British Columbia with the Colonial before moving to the big time in...
