About Pat Connolly
Lived 1928 – 2012 (aged 83–84). Pat Connolly was a sports journalist.
Pat Connolly (1928 - 27 November 2012) was a famous Canadian sports broadcaster. He began his journalism career in 1945 and his radio career in Sydney in 1948 with CJCB radio. In 1954, Connolly became Atlantic Canada's first television sports guest. He was also a sports reporter for The Chronicle Herald and Halifax Daily News, Sports Director for CJCH radio and later on play-by-play announcer for CFDR radio for fifteen years.
Connolly was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2009, the Pat Connolly Press Box in what was then the Halifax Metro Centre was named after him. Three years later, he died from cancer at the age of 84 in Halifax.
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Who was Pat Connolly?
Canadian sports broadcaster
When was Pat Connolly born?
Pat Connolly was born in 1928.
When did Pat Connolly die?
Pat Connolly died on 27 November 2012.
What was Pat Connolly's occupation?
Pat Connolly was a sports journalist.
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