by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A sports editor of the Regina Leader-Post for 16 years, this Scottish-born son of the prairies was a master of the written word. Interest in all lines of sport was his hobby as much as it was his job. From his perch in the press box at Taylor Field in Regina, he...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Vern DeGeer, long known in the Canadian news media as “Onkel Johkheer”, was a college football quarterback in his native city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Devotedly, he continued to espouse the cause of Canadian football throughout his lifetime as a sports editor in...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
The Jack Wells story started, like so many others in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. A pause for breath in Saskatoon, and on to the bright lights of Winnipeg, where he became “Cactus” Jack Wells and somehow Winnipeg would never be the same. Jack Wells was the eyes, ears, and...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
First learned the fine points of Football as a player for the Saskatoon Hilltops under perennial winning coach Dr. Bob Arn. After his playing days he joined CKCK Radio in Regina, Saskatchewan and soon became the radio voice of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After a one...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A 38 year career covering professional football with the Ottawa Journal and the Citizen began in 1947. He covered every Grey Cup game since then. Eddie was named the Dow Award Winner as Canada’s Outstanding Football Writer in 1960. He wrote the bestseller, Profile of...
