Eric Stewart Bishop (30 January 1926 – 1 April 2000) was a Canadian

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and play-by-play sports broadcaster. In 1987, Bishop was inducted into the

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as a broadcaster. Bishop was also briefly a horse race owner.

Work experience

*Junior sportswriter ''

Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the larg ...

'', c. 1944 *

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; ) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Can ...

, 1944 *catcher Purity 99

Big Four League The Big-4 League was a top level senior ice hockey league that operated in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta for two seasons between 1919 and 1921. Created with the intention of competing for the Allan Cup senior-amateur championship, the league's e ...

baseball Calgary, mid 1940s *sportswriter/assistant sports editor ''

Calgary Herald The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The C ...

'', 1946 *PR/broadcaster

WIHL The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior hockey, senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootena ...

Los Angeles Ramblers The Los Angeles Ramblers were a senior men's ice hockey team that played one season (1946–47) in the Western International Hockey League. History In 1946–47, a group of Los Angeles businessmen entered a team in the WIHL. Having to guarantee a ...

1946–47 *Sports Director CJAT

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, 1948 *Home Oil Pro Hockey broadcasts

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New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the cap ...

, 1952 *Sports Director

CFAC :''CFAC also stands for Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae'' CFAC (960 AM) is a radio station serving Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media, the station broadcasts a sports format branded as ''Sportsnet ...

Calgary, 1954 *called horse races Victoria Park Calgary, 1959–64 *Sports Editor ''

Calgary Albertan The ''Calgary Sun'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is currently owned by Postmedia Network. First published in 1980, the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid-format daily newspaper replaced the long-running tabloid ...

'', early 1960s * CKXL (AM) Calgary, late 1960s *part owner WHL

Victoria Cougars The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) from 1911 to 1924 under various names, and (after the PCHA's merger with the Western Canada Hockey League) in the W ...

, 1970s *

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division (CFL), West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions playe ...

football play-by-play announcer with

CKWX CKWX (1130 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts an all-news radio, news/talk radio, talk ...

, 1970s *play-by-play WHA

Calgary Cowboys The Calgary Cowboys were an ice hockey team that played two seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1975 to 1977. The Cowboys played at the Stampede Corral in Calgary. The franchise was founded in 1972 as the Miami Screaming Eagles ...

Calgary, 1980s *sports columnist ''

Calgary Sun The ''Calgary Sun'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is currently owned by Postmedia Network. First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily newspaper replaced the long-running tabloid-size ''The Albertan'' soon ...

'', 1990s

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Broadcasting history
1926 births 2000 deaths People from Lacombe, Alberta Journalists from Alberta Canadian sportswriters Canadian male journalists 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 20th-century Canadian male writers Vancouver Sun people Canadian sports announcers Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Canadian racehorse owners and breeders World Hockey Association broadcasters {{Canada-journalist-stub