Don Tollefson (born September 13, 1952) is an American television broadcast journalist, best known for his work as a sportscaster for the Philadelphia local ABC affiliate WPVI-TV from 1975 to 1990.
[4] In the fall of 1974, Tollefson was hired (along with Jim Lampley) as a football sideline reporter for ABC Sports.
[3] From there he was hired by ABC's Philadelphia local affiliate where he spent the bulk of his broadcasting career.
[4][6] During his tenure at ABC 6, Tollefson covered some of Philadelphia sports history's most exciting moments.
Notable among them: In 1990, Tollefson announced that he was leaving ABC to start a non-profit organization designed to work with youths to avoid drug abuse, truancy and criminal behavior.
There he registered his non-profit organization, "Winning Ways" for which he traveled to schools across the country giving motivational talks.
[8] On 08/29/2020 Tollefson and his fiancée; then Heidi Schaffer Fetter, respectively, exchanged vows and wed at the Historic Landis Store Hotel in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Tollefson once dated NBC Today Show reporter Jenna Wolfe[9] In 2013, Tollefson confirmed to several news outlets that he was battling a decades-long alcohol abuse problem and an addiction to prescription pain killers after a 2008 automobile accident.
[12] In October 2013, allegations began to surface that Tollefson had been defrauding individuals and charities for payment for trips to large sporting events.
[14] Some of the details of the charges were as follows: On December 15, 2014, Tollefson was scheduled to be sentenced following his originally entered plea of guilty.