Norm Marshall Explained

Norm Marshall
Nationality:Canadian
Occupation:broadcaster
Known For:Commentator on first Grey Cup telecast in 1952
Birth Date:1918[1]
Death Date:[2] [3]
Death Place:Burlington, Ontario

Norm Marshall (1918  - 5 November 2008) was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. He and Larry O'Brien were commentators for the first telecast of a Grey Cup football game 29 November 1952 on CBLT Toronto.[4] [5] CBC paid both Marshall and O'Brien CAD$250 for this inaugural broadcast.[6] He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Biography

Marshall's radio broadcasting career began with CKTB in St. Catharines, Ontario, first singing for the station then announcing. In 1940, he was broadcasting for CHML at Hamilton, Ontario. When CHCH-TV began broadcasts in that city in 1954, Marshall was among its first personalities.

The Fred Sgambati Media Award was awarded to Marshall in 1988 for his broadcast work for university sports.[7]

CBC Television's pre-game segments for the 95th Grey Cup in November 2007 featured Marshall's recollection of the early Grey Cup broadcasts.[8]

Career

Radio

Television

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NORM MARSHALL, 1918-2008 . 2008-11-06 . 6 November 2008 . . Adam . Atkinson . 4 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090104000920/http://www.chtv.com/ch/chchnews/story.html?id=938616 . dead .
  2. News: Norm Marshall dies at 89 . . Jackson . Hayes . 6 November 2008 . 2008-11-06 . 20 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220093714/http://www.thespec.com/news/article/462130 . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 26 October 2019 . 26 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191026133342/https://www.thespec.com/announcements-obituaries-memorials/in-memoriam/1905371-memoriam-marshall/ . dead .
  4. News: CBC plans to exit coverage with a bang . 2008-05-09 . . 22 November 2007 . Chris . Zelkovich .
  5. Web site: The Hamilton Gallery Of Distinction: Inductees for 1994 . 2008-05-09 . .
  6. Web site: CFL - The Television Years . 2008-05-09 . Canadian Communications Foundation . Paul . Patskou . August 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100708004126/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/sportsonradioandtv/CFL_The_TV_Years.html . 8 July 2010 . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Bill Sturrup awarded CIS Fred Sgambati Media Award . 2008-05-09 . . 14 June 2007 . Canadian Interuniversity Sport . Canadian Interuniversity Sport . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071025231906/http://www.oua.ca/news/?id=7898 . 25 October 2007 .
  8. News: Lunch with Chevy . . 2008-05-09 . 18 December 2007 . David . Sole .
  9. Web site: History of Grey Cup Commentators . 2008-05-09 . Paul . Patskou . . 19 November 2007 .

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