by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Considered the first major national sportscaster, he had a long association with CFRB Radio in Toronto – First as its sports director and later as its station manager. He was the voice of the Toronto Argonauts in the early thirties and a charter member of the Hot...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A football writer of ten years, Bob Moir started his career in 1948 with the Winnipeg Free Press. He Joined CBC in 1952, and did TV play-by-play from 1957 to 1963 including his first Grey Cup commentary in 1958. He was a producer and executive-producer of CBC football...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A Hull Native, he began as a sports writer for Le Droit in Ottawa and then moved to La Presse in Montreal. An original play-by-play commentator in 1952 for Radio-Canada, he joined the new TVA Network as its sports director in 1961. His wide ranging interests in the...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Johnny Esaw was best known as a Canadian Football League broadcaster. His talents have for over 35 years, touched all sports – producer, promoter, administrator, and salesman. Esaw began his career in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1949 and broadcast his first Grey Cup Game...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
A varied career began in 1934 with the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, coverage of the 1936 Olympics and a position with the Vancouver Province in 1944. A vigorous supporter of all sports, he was a founding member of the BC Lions, and was instrumental in finding funding for...
