by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
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...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
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...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Bob Bratina was born and raised in Hamilton. He began his over 41 year career as a broadcaster in 1965. Bratina was the voice of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts for 20 seasons, broadcasting over 500 games. Bratina also broadcast McMaster Football. He...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Jim Cox began working for a Vancouver based radio station CKNW in 1945 at the age of 16. Between 1945 and 1956, Cox covered 14 different sports for the station. In 1955, Cox began doing play-by-play for the newly formed BC Lions, a position he would hold until 1983....
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Bob Irving, the man they call Knuckles, was born and raised in Saskatchewan, and began his radio career at CJSL in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1969. Irving then moved to Brandon, Manitoba in 1970 and was hired by CJOB in Winnipeg in 1973, where he have been ever since....
