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Don Gillis

Born 1 August 1922 · Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada · Died 23 April 2008 at 85

Donald A. Gillis was a Canadian-born sportscaster who was sports director of Boston's Channel 5 (WHDH-TV and WCVB-TV) from 1962 through 1983. Gillis pioneered the 11 p.m. sports report in Boston, becoming the dean of the city's sports anchors. Famed for calling the 1968 Harvard versus Yale football game.