1. Joe Bowen was born on April 5,1951 and is a Canadian sportscaster.
17 Facts About Joe Bowen
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Joe Bowen is known as "The Voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs", having broadcast over 3,000 Leaf games.
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Joe Bowen was born on April 5,1951, and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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Joe Bowen chose the institution as it allowed him to complete a degree and still get into broadcasting.
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Joe Bowen is of Irish descent through his paternal grandfather who emigrated from County Cork.
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Joe Bowen spent five years with the Wolves before moving to Halifax in 1979 to announce Nova Scotia Voyageurs games and serve as the sports director for two Halifax radio stations.
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Joe Bowen made his debut as the Leafs' play-by-play announcer on October 6,1982, at the Chicago Stadium.
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Joe Bowen joined CJCL, the Telemedia flagship station, in 1983 and took over as morning sports anchor and radio voice of the Leafs.
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Joe Bowen remained a mainstay in the Leafs' broadcasting booth throughout the 1990s, despite rumours circulating in 1995 that he would be replaced.
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Joe Bowen eventually chose to join Q107 instead of Telemedia Sports Network.
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In 1997, Joe Bowen replaced Jiggs McDonald on 35 mid-week TV broadcasts on Global and ONtv while still maintaining his responsibilities with Q107.
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In March 2000, Joe Bowen was presented with a gold seat salvaged from the Leafs' former home, Maple Leaf Gardens, in recognition of his longtime support for the Leafs.
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Joe Bowen called several seasons for the NLL's Toronto Rock, beginning in their inaugural season in Toronto in 1999, after one season in Hamilton as the Ontario Raiders.
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Until 2014, Joe Bowen called Leafs games on television when the games were televised regionally outside of CBC and TSN as radio games were called by Dennis Beyak.
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Joe Bowen appeared in a TV commercial for Harvey's promoting the "bigger" Angus Burger, using his famous aforementioned catchphrase.
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Joe Bowen was the radio announcer in the 1986 film Youngblood.
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In June 2018, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Joe Bowen was named as the 2018 winner of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, honouring outstanding contributions by a hockey broadcaster.