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Podcast: Toronto Legends
Episode: Gerry Dobson, Happily Retired Broadcaster
Description: Former Global/CFTO/Sportsnet broadcaster Gerry ‘Dobber’ Dobson talks about his active retirement, 18 years covering Premier League + TFC soccer, being a ‘day-oner’ at Sportsnet, covering 6 Olympic Games and why Calgary 1988/Barcelona 1992 were his most memorable, starting out from a farm outside Barrie doing grades 1-8 in a one-room country schoolhouse, his continuing admiration for the annual Robbie International Soccer Tournament [as BNL sang: ‘held at Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie’], stories from working with colleagues Bobcat Bob McCown/Fergie Oliver/Pat Marsden/Mike Anscombe/Scott Moore/Dave Devall [could write backwards with both hands!]/Arthur Vaile/Sandy Rinaldo/Lance Brown...