Pierre Dufault | |
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Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | November 5, 1934
Alma mater | University of Ottawa |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, sports commentator |
Years active | 1952–1998 |
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Awards | Canadian Football Hall of Fame (2001) |
Pierre Dufault (born November 5, 1934) is a Canadian former journalist and sports commentator. He began as a political correspondent and reporter for the Canadian Football League (CFL) in radio at CKCH then on television at CBOFT-DT. He joined the sports department of Radio-Canada in 1972 as a play-by-play announcer for CFL games and regularly covered the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. He was president of Football Reporters of Canada in 1984, became the late night sports report host for Radio-Canada in 1993, and was inducted into the reporters section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2001.