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Ted Reynolds was a versatile broadcaster and his distinctive voice and presence graced Canadian television and radio for more than 50 years, 35 of them with CBC. He made a long career of turning general assignment into an art form behind the sports microphone, calling the action for at least 23 sports and at 10 Olympic Games. Reynolds was, as fans and fellow journalists agree, part of an impressive group of sports pioneers that helped shape sports coverage in Canada.
Born in Grand Forks, B.C., he worked for three different media outlets in B.C., starting with his first job at a radio station in Kamloops right after the Second World War before spending eight years calling the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League. It acted as a springboard to a varied career that included Grey Cups, the Vancouver Canucks (he called the club’s first game in 1970), equestrian, figure-skating and dozens of Olympic events, including Nancy Greene’s Olympic gold medal in skiing at the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France.
Reynolds made history working poolside, where he covered many historic events, including Elaine Tanner’s two silver medals in 1968 in Mexico, Mark Spitz’s seven wins in Munich in 1972 and, above all, a special week at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. He’s the only media member honoured in the Canadian Aquatic Hall of Fame. Reynolds knew and understood the sport so well, having himself been a competitive swimmer in his youth. He kept working right up to his 80s and died at age 84 in 2009.
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