by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Ernie Afaganis, also known as “The Greek”, started covering the Edmonton Eskimos for private radio in 1953. He moved to CBC-TV in 1963 and until 1980 was the network’s host for their Western league and play-off games. Afaganis handled a...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, George Kent produced western football for CBC-TV from 1958 to 1969. The first western telecast came from Mewata Stadium in Calgary which pitted the Calgary Stampeders against the BC Lions on August 18, 1958. Kent introduced the telestrator...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Jim Kearney was a legendary sportswriter. His career began straight out of High School, when he began writing for the Victoria Times. In 1943, Kearney moved to the Vancouver Sun as a sports columnist where he would remain for the majority of his career. He wrote five...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
For almost 30 years, Al McCann served as the Sports Director of CFRN Radio and TV in Edmonton. His distinguished career in broadcast sports began in 1959 when he became Sports Director at CJLJ in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 1963, McCann headed to Edmonton where he went...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Bob Hanley’s journalism career spanned 47 years with the Hamilton Spectator. He earned 35 newspaper awards including three national and nine provincial honours. Hanley covered everything from Queen’s Park to Royal visits, but found his niche covering sports, where he...
