John Robertson (journalist)

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John Robertson (March 12, 1934) is a retired Canadian media personality.

A good amateur baseball pitcher, Robertson had a tryout in 1950 with Major League Baseball's Washington Senators. When his playing days ended, he would stay around the game as a reporter, in later years writing newspaper columns on the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays. In 1998, he was inducted in the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame

Journalism/Broadcasting career:


The founder of the Manitoba Marathon, over the years Robertson also has been involved in charitable causes for the Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank, Gimli Food Bank and the Toronto Food Bank.

Robertson was a 24Hours interviewer on CBWT in Winnipeg during the years September 1977 till September 1981. In 1981 he did a feature documentary on Terry Fox for 24Hours. He also wrote a twice-weekly sports column for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1978, and was considered at the time one of Canada's best sports writers. John resigned from 24Hours to run as a Progressive Conservative in the provincial riding of St. Vital in the 1981 election.[1][2] After not winning that seat he joined the Winnipeg Sun where he wrote a regular sports column.

John has written two books: High Times with Stewart MacPherson (ISBN 0-9195-7618-4), and Those Amazing Jays (ISBN 0-9199-5916-4)

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  1. ^ "CBC names Harvard to take over as 24Hours host", Winnipeg Free Press, October 16, 1981. 
  2. ^ "Host meets former host on 24Hours: 'You blew it'", Winnipeg Free Press, November 19, 1981. 

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