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...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Beginning in 1927, his career spanned 47 years at the Ottawa Journal, 35 years as sports director. His keen interest in football earned him the honour of being on the selection committee for the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum for 18 years. He was presented...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
“Football is the only sport”. Gorde Hunter said when he retired in 1970 after covering more than 500 consecutive Canadian Football League games, joining the Winnipeg Tribune in 1947 he covered the Blue Bombers for 6 years. In 1953, he became sports editor of the...
by Canadian Football Hall Of Fame | Oct 23, 2017
Tom “Scotty” Melville spent 38 years with the Regina Leader-Post, 15 of those years as sports editor. He covered the Roughriders in Saskatchewan where he played a large role in laying the ground work for Taylor Field. He was an unpaid consultant for the Roughrider...
