Bill Hewitt
Foster William Alfred Hewitt (8 December 1928 in Toronto – 25 December 1996 in Port Perry, Ontario) was a Canadian radio and television sportscaster. He was the son of hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt and the grandson of Toronto Star sports journalist W. A. Hewitt.
Hewitt excelled at football, track & field and hockey, while at Upper Canada College. After graduation, he took a broadcasting job at CJRL in Kenora. He was then hired as sports director of CFOS in Owen Sound, and later held the same title at CKBB in Barrie. In 1951, his father launched CKFH in Toronto and Hewitt became sports director. By 1958, he and his father were covering hockey on television. Foster eventually returned to radio and for the next 20 years, Bill Hewitt was the TV voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In 1981, a health issue forced Hewitt out of the broadcast booth. He retired to his farm, and died of a heart attack. He is buried in Stone Church Cemetery, just east of Beaverton, Ontario.
The Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Hewitt would be posthumously awarded the 2007 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.[1]
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- Voice heard during a brawl in 1959
- Voice heard during game 3 of the 1967 Stanley Cup finals
- Voice heard during the last moments of the 1967 Stanley Cup finals
