by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
In his more than 60 years of association with Canadian Football, he has been an outstanding player, a respected coach, and the game’s liveliest and most durable public commentator. No man in Canada can challenge his unique qualifications to be known among his peers as...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A newspaperman for 48 of his 65 years, Hal joined the sports staff of the Toronto Globe, forerunner to the Globe and Mail, in 1933. He was later sports editor of the Toronto Telegram and the Calgary Herald. He covered the football beat for most of those years,...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Born in Toronto in 1937, Don Chevrier began covering high school sports at age 16 for the Edmonton Journal. After graduating he began honing his booming baritone voice and encyclopedic knowledge by doing daily sports reports at CJCA radio in Edmonton, where he later...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
H.L. “Hal” Pawson, a Native of Regina, Saskatchewan spent 32 years on the “beat”” in Regina, Sudbury, Vancouver and Edmonton. Sport was his beat, football his passion. As sports editor of the Edmonton Journal, He found time to serve the Football Reporters of Canada...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Doug Smith was not only the voice of the Montreal Alouettes, he helped organize the team and made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the game in Quebec. The style and presentation of Doug Smith’s production made him unique in Canadian broadcasting. He was a...
