by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Mar 14, 2023
Willes spent 38 years as a prolific and talented sports writer at several newspapers, including the Medicine Hat News, the Regina Leader-Post and the Winnipeg Sun, while also contributing freelance articles to the New York Times. He was hired as a columnist for The...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Mar 14, 2023
Suitor was nearing the end of his 11-year playing career with Saskatchewan when he joined CjME radio in Regina as sports director. Upon retiring as a player in 1995, he headed to TSN as an analyst for its televised CFL games, teaming primarily with Chris Cuthbert; the...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Mar 14, 2023
Pascall joined Vancouver’s BCTV in 1969 after working at radio stations and television stations in Flin Flon (CFAR), Medicine Hat (CHAT), Winnipeg (CKRC; CJAY) and Toronto (CFTO). During his 30 years as BCTV’s sports director he was also, for more than a decade...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Mar 14, 2023
Hooper was an institution at CHML radio in Hamilton, where he began working as a broadcaster in 1961 before advancing to program director and vice-president. In 1984 he became the station’s play-by-play voice for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. After a five-year break,...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Feb 27, 2020
In Tucker’s career he covered all the CFLʼs West franchises, starting with the Winnipeg Tribune in 1966 as a backup writer on the Blue Bombers beat. He joined Canadian Press in New Westminster in 1971 to follow the Lions, moved to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in 1975 to...