Steve Douglas (sportscaster)
Steve Douglas | |
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Born | Douglas Lesueur c. 1911 |
Died | October 8, 1981 (age 70) Barrie, Ontario |
Sports commentary career | |
Sport(s) | Canadian football, ice hockey, various |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Canada |
Service/ | Royal Canadian Airforce |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Douglas Lesueur[1] (c. 1911 – October 8, 1981)[2] known on-air as Steve Douglas was a Canadian sportscaster, most notably with CBC Sports.
Early life
The only child of Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Percy LeSueur, Douglas was born in Ottawa.[3] He attended Walkerville Collegiate Institute, where he was a standout golfer.[4] After his father got a job in Buffalo, New York, Douglas attended high school in Fort Erie, Ontario.[3]
Career
Douglas broadcasting career began in 1930 as the play-by-play announcer for the home games of the Syracuse Stars of the International Hockey League on WSYR.[5][6] In 1937, while working as the traffic manager for CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, Douglas left a suicide note and disappeared for a while before returning.[7] By 1939, Douglas was working for WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina, where he called high school football.[8]
Following the outbreak of World War II, Douglas enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, serving for three years.[5] After the war, he worked freelance in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.[5] In 1953, he returned to Canada to call college football in Toronto, which led to him getting an offer from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to call Interprovincial Rugby Football Union games for the network.[3]
Douglas was a sports anchor for
Later life
Douglas worked for on the public relations staff of the
References
- ^ Vern, DeGear (October 2, 1957). "Good Morning". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Steve Douglas, sports broadcaster". Canadian News Facts. Toronto: Marpep Publishing: 2586. 1981.
- ^ a b c d "Holds the inside-stadium dash record". Ottawa Citizen. September 10, 1960. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Doug LeSueur Low Medalist". The Border Cities Star. September 24, 1928. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ ProQuest 386753013. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ Gibson, Dick (March 26, 1931). "What's What in Sport". The Border Cities Star. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Stop Search For LeSueur". The Windsor Daily Star. December 14, 1937. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Football Game To Be Described". The Ashville Citizen. September 15, 1939. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/clips/7327/
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- ^ "CBC change". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. July 14, 1965. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Veteran Broadcaster Dead". The Leader-Post. October 9, 1981. Retrieved 26 February 2024.