Steve Armitage (born in 1944 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English-born Canadian sports reporter formerly with CBC Sports. He has covered such events as Hockey Night in Canada, the Canadian Football League and Grey Cup, the Olympics, and the World Cup of Football.Armitage attended Saint Mary's University, Halifax where he played football quarterback. He grew up in Victoria, B.C. and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.Armitage won the 1982 ACTRA Foster Hewitt Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting and he was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 for his coverage of speed skating at the Winter Olympics.In 2006 he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.Armitage was one of the two play-by-play announcers (the other being Nigel Reed) announcing for CBC Sports in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. Paul Dolan was the analyst alongside Armitage. [1] He called swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics for CBC.Armitage was laid off by the CBC in August 2014 due to cuts to sports programming and the loss of hockey coverage to Rogers Media.
Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer, Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor
TV Shows
2000 Olympic Summer Games, Athens 2004
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Fact
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He has been with CBC Sports for 38 years, and has covered almost every sport, including the Olympic Games, World Cup soccer, hockey, and golf. He was born in England, but grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. He played quarterback at St Mary's University. He has lived in Vancouver for 25 years.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
MacGyver
1988
TV Series
KLMA Radio Announcer
Hockey Night in Canada
1952
TV Series
Host (?-)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself (Commentator)
Known for movies
Hockey Night in Canada (1952) as Host (?-)
The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals (2004) as Himself (Commentator)
$10 Million
