John Robertson (journalist)
- John Robertson (journalist)
John Robertson (March 12, 1934) is a retired Canadian media personality.
A good amateur baseball pitcher, Robertson had a tryout in 1950 with Major League Baseball's Washington Senators. When his playing days ended, he would stay around the game as a reporter, in later years writing newspaper columns on the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays. In 1998, he was inducted in the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame
Journalism/Broadcasting career:
*1956-1958 : "Regina Leader-Post", Regina, Saskatchewan
*1958-1963 : "Winnipeg Tribune", Winnipeg, Manitoba
*1968-1974 : "Montreal Star", Montreal, Quebec
*1974-1977 : CFCF and CJAD radio stations, Montreal, Quebec
*1977-1982 : CBC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
*1982-1986 : "Toronto Sun", Toronto, Ontario
*1986-1989 : "Toronto Star",Toronto, Ontario
The founder of the Manitoba Marathon, over the years Robertson also has been involved in charitable causes for the Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank, Gimli Food Bank and the Toronto Food Bank. Robertson was a "24Hours" interviewer on CBWT in Winnipeg during the years September 1977 till September 1981. In 1981 he did a feature documentary on Terry Fox for "24Hours". He also wrote a twice-weekly sports column for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1978, and was considered at the time one of Canada's best sports writers.John resigned from "24Hours" to run as a Progressive Conservative in the provincial riding of St. Vital in the 1981 election. [cite news | first = | last = | title = CBC names Harvard to take over as 24Hours host
publisher = Winnipeg Free Press | page = | date = October 16, 1981] [ cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Host meets former host on 24Hours: 'You blew it' | pages = | publisher = Winnipeg Free Press | date = November 19, 1981] After not winning that seat he joined the Winnipeg Sun where he wrote a regular sports column.
John has written two books: "High Times with Stewart MacPherson" (ISBN 0-9195-7618-4), and "Those Amazing Jays" (ISBN 0-9199-5916-4)
References
External links
* [http://www.canfordsports.ca/htmlfiles/About_Canford/comments_and_quotes.asp John Robertson quote on Manitoba Marathon]
* [http://www.manitobamarathon.mb.ca/our_events_history.aspx History of the Manitoba Marathon]
* [http://www.mbhof.ca/Console/Pub/inducteeslist.cfm?start=101 John Robertson at the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame]
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