Wes McKnight

J. Wesley McKnight (1909 – June 6, 1968) was a Canadian television and radio personality who did play-by-play for many sports broadcasts, including serving as one of the original hosts for Hockey Night in Canada telecasts and covering the CFL Toronto Argonauts for about thirty years.

He also broadcast the King's Plate and the Canadian Open golf tournament.

He joined CFRB-AM in Toronto in 1928 as sports director and hosted Canada's first regular sports program starting in 1932.

In 1968, he died of a heart attack at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto at the age of 59.

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