Don Chevrier | |
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| Born | (1937-12-29)December 29, 1937 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 17, 2007(2007-12-17) (aged 69) Palm Harbor, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Sports commentator |
| Years active | 1972-2006 |
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| Awards | Canadian Football Hall of Fame |
Don Chevrier (December 29, 1937 – December 17, 2007) was a Canadian sports announcer. He worked in television and radio, and was born inToronto, Ontario.
He began his broadcasting career atCJCA inEdmonton,Alberta at the age of 16 covering high school sports for radio. From 1972 to 1981, he was co-host ofCurling Classic, a television program on theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that was earlier hosted byAlex Trebek.
In 1972, Chevrier was the ringside commentator for the World Heavyweight Championship betweenJoe Frazier andRon Stander.
In1977, he became the original television voice of theToronto Blue JaysMajor League Baseball team. He spent the next 20 years as acommentator on the Jays' television broadcast crew. He called Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter when the Rangers played against the Blue Jays on May 1, 1991. Throughout the 1970s, he broadcast curling and theCanadian Football League for CBC, calling severalGrey Cups as well asBriers. In the early 1980s he moved toCTV, where he remained a fixture in its sports department into the early nineties. In 1991, he called theCanada Cup hockey tournament for the network and from 1992–93 until 1997–98 he was the television voice for the NHL'sOttawa Senators forCHRO-TV, working alongsideGreg Millen.
Chevrier was inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of theCanadian Football Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]
Chevrier also providedtelevision network coverage of theOlympic Games forNorth American audiences since 1972, working for the CBC, theAmerican Broadcasting Company (ABC), and theCTV Television Network before moving on to NBC. More recently, he covered events at the2004 Summer Olympics, includingbadminton,table tennis, andsynchronized swimming for NBC, and, along with longtime partner,Don Duguid, called curling at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City and in the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin for NBC.
Chevrier resided inPalm Harbor, Florida until his death. He died at home on December 17, 2007, as a result of complications from an undisclosed blood disorder.[2]
| Preceded by | CBC Sports LeadCurling announcer 1969–1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by None | TSN LeadCurling announcer 1984–1985 | Succeeded by |