Eric Bishop

Eric Stewart Bishop (30 January 1926 – 1 April 2000) was a Canadian sports journalist and play-by-play sports broadcaster. In 1987, Bishop was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a broadcaster.

Bishop was also briefly a horse race owner.

Work experience

 * Junior sportswriter Vancouver Sun, c. 1944
 * Royal Canadian Air Force, 1944
 * catcher Purity 99 Big Four League baseball Calgary, mid 1940s
 * sportswriter/assistant sports editor Calgary Herald, 1946
 * PR/broadcaster WIHL Los Angeles Ramblers 1946–47
 * Sports Director CJAT Trail, British Columbia, 1948
 * Home Oil Pro Hockey broadcasts CKNW New Westminster, 1952
 * Sports Director CFAC Calgary, 1954
 * called horse races Victoria Park Calgary, 1959–64
 * Sports Editor Calgary Albertan, early 1960s
 * CKXL (AM) Calgary, late 1960s
 * part owner WHL Victoria Cougars, 1970s
 * BC Lions football play-by-play announcer with CKWX, 1970s
 * play-by-play WHA Calgary Cowboys CFAC Calgary, 1980s
 * sports columnist Calgary Sun, 1990s