William R. Good Sr. (1918 - 1996) was a Canadian radio sports broadcaster, most noted as the winner of

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's Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in sports broadcasting at the

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in 1975. A native of Wilkie,

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,Denny Boyd, "Death stills voice of Bill Good Sr.". ''

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'', February 10, 1996. Good began his career as a newspaper sports reporter in Regina and

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in the late 1930s before moving to

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in 1948. He first became nationally known as a

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commentator and announcer for

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.Kent Gilchrist, "Breathless Bill booms on". ''

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'', June 9, 1992. By the time of his retirement, he had covered

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48 times. He was also a football commentator for the

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of the

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, 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. He was also a regular part of broadcast teams for the Canadian Open Golf Championship. He was inducted into the

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's media division in 1982, the

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as a builder in 1992, and the

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's media division in 2002. 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.Greg Douglas
"Dr. Sport: He’s Good and ready for return to radio"
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'', August 27, 2015.

References

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