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William R. Good Sr. (1918 - 1996) was a Canadian radio sports broadcaster, most noted as the winner of ACTRA's Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in sports broadcasting at the 4th ACTRA Awards in 1975. [1]

A native of Wilkie, Saskatchewan, [2] Good began his career as a newspaper sports reporter in Regina and Winnipeg in the late 1930s before moving to Vancouver in 1948. [3] He first became nationally known as a curling commentator and announcer for CBC Radio. [4] By the time of his retirement, he had covered The Brier 48 times. [4]

He was also a football commentator for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, hosting the first-ever post-game show on CBC Vancouver in the 1950s and helping to create a football show for CKVU in the 1970s upon that station's launch in the 1970s. [4] He was also a regular part of broadcast teams for the Canadian Open Golf Championship. [2]

He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's media division in 1982, [5] the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as a builder in 1992, [6] and the BC Sports Hall of Fame's media division in 2002. [7]

His son Bill Good Jr. is also a retired Canadian television journalist, best known as a longtime radio and television news anchor on stations in the Vancouver market. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "William Hutt wins ACTRA best acting award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , April 24, 1975.
  2. 1 2 Denny Boyd, "Death stills voice of Bill Good Sr.". Vancouver Sun , February 10, 1996.
  3. ↑ Jim Coleman, "Good's Brier 'typical' trip". The Province , March 19, 1990.
  4. 1 2 3 Kent Gilchrist, "Breathless Bill booms on". The Province , June 9, 1992.
  5. ↑ "Roundup: Football". The Globe and Mail , November 29, 1982.
  6. ↑ Bob Ferguson, "Players, builders named to Curling Hall of Fame". Ottawa Citizen , June 28, 1992.
  7. ↑ Cleve Dheensaw, "Whitfield, Gilmour among B.C. Hall inductees". Victoria Times-Colonist , May 3, 2002.
  8. ↑ Greg Douglas, "Dr. Sport: He’s Good and ready for return to radio". Vancouver Sun , August 27, 2015.
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