26 Facts About Bob Moir

Robert Munro Moir was a Canadian television producer, sports commentator, and journalist.

Bob Moir covered the Canadian Football League for the Winnipeg Free Press from 1948 to 1958, then worked more than 40 years for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation beginning in 1952.

Bob Moir was a play-by-play commentator for football games broadcast on CBC Sports from 1957 to 1963, and was the first secretary-treasurer of Football Reporters of Canada.

Bob Moir reported for CBC Sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and sneaked into the Olympic Village during the Munich massacre to give live reports.

Bob Moir was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the CBC Sports Hall of Fame, and was named to the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association roll of honour.

Robert Munro Bob Moir was born in 1929, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Bob Moir was a sports journalist for the Winnipeg Free Press from 1948 to 1958, covering the Canadian Football League.

Bob Moir joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952, was a play-by-play commentator for football games broadcast on CBC Sports from 1957 to 1963, and called his first Grey Cup game in 1958.

Bob Moir was a founding member of Football Reporters of Canada, and served as its first secretary-treasurer.

Bob Moir was later a commentator for the 1964 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to be broadcast on CBC Sports.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics hosted in Munich, Bob Moir was a general assignment reporter for CBC Sports.

Bob Moir was the executive producer for coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics hosted in Montreal.

Bob Moir envisioned expanded coverage of the Olympics, despite criticism of CBC Sports for spending money from taxpayers to do so.

The 1976 Summer Olympics gave CBC Sports hosts their first chance to speak with athletes immediately following events, when Bob Moir had a studio constructed for live televised interviews.

When multiple events were held simultaneously, Bob Moir had 20 videotape machines in use to record an event to air at a later time.

In reference to audience measurement ratings in Canada, Bob Moir felt that "the Montreal Olympics was the impetus for what you see today".

Bob Moir felt that the model used to cover the 1976 Summer Olympics set the standard used by CBC Sports for future live coverage of the Olympics, and stated that the CBC has not lost money covering an Olympics since 1976.

Bob Moir produced the physical fitness and sports education series Let's Do It, which aired 11 episodes during the summer of 1974.

In international events broadcast on CBC Sports, Bob Moir was the producer of the 1986 Commonwealth Games, then the executive producer of the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Bob Moir served as executive producer of coverage for the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships.

Bob Moir retired after working more than 40 years for the CBC.

Broadcaster Scott Russell described Bob Moir by saying, "he was always quick to recognize the good things you had done as a broadcaster", and that "he was a demanding person, exacting in terms of the standards he required".

CBC Sports executive director Greg Stremlaw described Moir's career by stating, "over his more than 40 years with the network, Bob recruited and promoted many of the best-known commentators and analysts in Canadian broadcasting history and was an influential mentor to many production and technical staff".

Bob Moir was married to Edmee, and had three daughters and one son.

Bob Moir died at age 87 on December 18,2016, at Humber River Hospital in Toronto.

Bob Moir was inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1985, was named to the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association roll of honour in 1991, and was inducted into the CBC Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.