Bob Hughes, who was born in Regina, wrote sports for the Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, and the Calgary Albertan, in that order from 1962 until 1972, whereupon he returned to the Leader-Post and was named sports editor a year later. The Saskatchewan Roughriders...
Don Wittman was born in Herbert, Saskatchewan. He started in News at CFQC, Saskatoon, at the age of 18. He joined CBC Sports in 1961. He has covered just about everything for the Network, including 36 Grey Cup games, he and Ron Lancaster were considered one of the...
Generally acknowledged as the first outstanding sports writer in the prairies, Ralph Allen made his impact during the 1930s, covering just about everything for the Winnipeg Tribune. Allen specialized in football and his story of the 1935 Grey Cup, better known in...
Known as Sam Peeps to his friends, because he ended stories with a series of one-liner notes entitled ‘Sam Peeps Diary’. Frewin was the Toronto Telegram’s football reporter from 1952 to 1965, as well as a charter member of the Football Reporters of Canada. Frewin was...
Ken Preston, “The Dean” of general managers, was instrumental in laying the foundation for excellent football in Saskatchewan over a 20-year period. Preston organized a minor football programme in the province and arranged for Canadian players to attend American...
