Foster Hewitt ’21

A broadcaster considered the voice of hockey in Canada for more than 28 years; was famous for his play-by-play of Toronto Maple Leafs games; his claim to fame is coining the phrase, “He shoots, he scores!”; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965; made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972.

On UCC’s Impact: “I partially absorbed the wisdom of the masters, and while I usually squeezed through examinations, there were few indications that a noted scholar was about to appear,” he wrote in his autobiography with his trademark humour.