Ted Reynolds in the newsroom

Ted Reynolds

Caricature of Ted Reynolds

Caricature of Ted Reynolds

Ted Reynolds at the 1970 inaugural game of the Canucks

Ted Reynolds, whose career at CM radio spanned 1947 to 1956, was the first fulltime sportscaster in Victoria history. Ted broadcast the first ever Cougars hockey game at Memorial Arena in 1949 and the first Shamrocks lacrosse game the following summer. He provided live reports from a radio in his car when the 1955 Canadian Ladies Golf Championship was held at Royal Colwood and he spent many a day and night bobbing on a boat doing live coverage of the famous Juan de Fuca Strait swims that captured the imagination of the world in the 1950s. Ted joined CBC Television in 1956 and become celebrated for his coverage of aquatic events at six Summer Olympics from Tokyo in 1964 to Seoul in 1988, eight Commonwealth Games and four Pan-American Games. Ted also covered four Winter Olympics for CBC from Grenoble in 1968 to Calgary in 1988, the world figure-skating championships five times, World Cup equestrian show jumping five times, world aquatic championships three times, world snooker championships five times and 20 World Cup ski races from 1960 to 1982. Ted also performed hosting and play-by-play duties at 10 Canada Games, both summer and winter. He was a co-recipient of the 2002 Sid Thomas Award for Sports Media.

Bob White

Bob White with the 1949 BC Champion Womens Basketball Team

Bob White with the Rookies

Bob White in 1956

Bob White with the Rookies

Bob White with the Comets

Bob Whyte was the quiet champion of Victoria sports in the early 1900's and although not as well known or famous as many who have been inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, he provided a yeoman half-century of dedicated service to sport in Victoria from 1906 to 1956. Bob was the long-time captain of the winning YMCA basketball teams and a member of the 1922 City and BC Senior A basketball championship club. Press reports of the time described him as one of the greatest ball handlers this city has ever produced. As a solid Vic West F.C. fullback from 1909 to 1932, he led them to nine city championship seasons and was a regular on the city rep teams. After his playing days, Bob turned to coaching, sponsoring and guiding many winning women's basketball and softball teams as well as holding numerous executive positions in local sports. He was named a life member of the Victoria YMCA, Basketball B.C. and was inducted onto the Softball B.C. Wall of Fame.

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