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Longtime Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play man Tom Cheek is dead at the age of 66.
Cheek became the play-by-play voice of the Jays in 1977, upon their coming into being, and broadcast the team's first 4,306 games, not missing a single Jays' broadcast in 27 years.
His call of Joe Carter's 1993 World Series-winning home run (this link will take you to a list of audio downloads of great Blue Jay moments called by Cheek, including Carter's 1993 Series-winning home run) is arguably the second-greatest play-by-play description in the history of English-language sports broadcasting in Canada, surpassed only by Foster Hewitt's call of Paul Henderson's series winning goal in the 1972 exhibition series between an NHL al-star team and the Soviet national team.
This is a link to an obituary on the Blue Jays' official website.
This is a report on Cheek's death from the CBC website.
Those in Vermont may recall that Cheek did play-by-play of University of Vermont sports (especially baseball and men's hockey) before heading to Toronto.
Cheek became the play-by-play voice of the Jays in 1977, upon their coming into being, and broadcast the team's first 4,306 games, not missing a single Jays' broadcast in 27 years.
His call of Joe Carter's 1993 World Series-winning home run (this link will take you to a list of audio downloads of great Blue Jay moments called by Cheek, including Carter's 1993 Series-winning home run) is arguably the second-greatest play-by-play description in the history of English-language sports broadcasting in Canada, surpassed only by Foster Hewitt's call of Paul Henderson's series winning goal in the 1972 exhibition series between an NHL al-star team and the Soviet national team.
This is a link to an obituary on the Blue Jays' official website.
This is a report on Cheek's death from the CBC website.
Those in Vermont may recall that Cheek did play-by-play of University of Vermont sports (especially baseball and men's hockey) before heading to Toronto.