by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Twenty-five years of covering the ups and downs of Canadian Football on radio, private and public, definitely qualifies Bob Picken, for induction into the Football Reporters of Canada wing. Bob did Winnipeg Blue Bomber play-by-play for CJOB Winnipeg in the 1960s, and...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Jim Proudfoot was born in Ottawa but his heart belongs to the Toronto Argonauts. Proudfoot began writing for the Toronto Star in 1952 while still a student at the University of Toronto. Over the next forty years, Proudfoot filled just about every chair at the Star...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Perc Allen was born in Scotland, but lived in Hamilton two years later. Allen got into broadcasting in 1948 and when the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats became the Tiger-Cats in 1950, Perc really got involved. Allen covered the Tiger-Cats for 38 years, first...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Terry Kielty came to Canada in 1927, and has been a part of the Ottawa fabric since 1946 when he became the colour man, and later the play-by-play voice for the Ottawa Rough Riders’ broadcast. Kielty’s crowning achievement was becoming president of the Football...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Ken Newans was born in Rouleau, Saskatchewan, tried teaching school, and then started a long and rewarding sportscasting career. Newans started in Moose Jaw, then Regina, then Calgary in 1968 and became sports director at CFCN-TV in 1971. Newans liked the job so much...
