Ernie Afaganis (born ) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, known for his work at

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. He was born in

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

, Alberta.

Career

After graduating with a

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from

Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University (EWU) is a public university in Cheney, Washington. It also offers programs at a campus in EWU Spokane at the Riverpoint Campus and other campus locations throughout the state. Founded in 1882, the university is ...

, Afaganis returned to Alberta where in 1953 he joined CFRN in

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. In 1961, he joined CBC Television at

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, also in Edmonton. From there, he gained prominence as a sportscaster on CBC's national service. He was host of CBC's ''Sports Weekend'' programme in its debut season. He was also a sideline reporter for the

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Awards and recognition

In 1977 he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. In November 2007, he was inducted into the CBC Sports Hall of Fame. In 1988, he was inducted to the Football Reporters of Canada hall of fame, a journalistic honour associated with the

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Shows

Afaganis was a host of the following CBC Television programmes: * '' Tee to Green'' (1970) * '' Snow Motion'' (1978) * '' Canadian Superstars'' (1978–1981) * ''

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'' (1978–1980)

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* 1920s births Living people Year of birth uncertain Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Football League announcers Canadian television sportscasters CBC Television people Eastern Washington University alumni Gymnastics broadcasters Olympic Games broadcasters Sportspeople from Lethbridge {{Canada-tv-bio-stub