Fergie Olver
Canadian game show host and sportscaster
Fergus Gerald "Fergie" Olver (born July 5, 1947) is a Canadian former sportscaster and game show host who was a reporter and play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays and co-host of the 1980s children's game show Just Like Mom.
Baseball
Olver was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan and spent most of his youth in Moose Jaw, where he was an all-star high school baseball player and a member of the Moose Jaw Canucks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
When Olver was 18, his family moved to Anaheim, California, where he was a standout for the Western High School baseball team. In August 1961, he signed a professional contract with the Chicago White Sox. In 1962, he played 45 games for the White Sox's Class D affiliate, the Harlan Smokies, and batted .283 with 2 home runs, 21 RBI, and 11 stolen bases. The following season he played 13 games for the Class A Sarasota Sun Sox, getting 8 hits in 45 at-bats (.178). He was released by the team in May and joined the Saskatoon franchise of the Western Canadian Baseball League.
Broadcasting
Olver began his television career as a cameraman at CFCN-TV in Calgary. After a four-month stint in Lloydminster, he moved to CHAB radio and CHAB-TV in Moose Jaw. After five years, he moved to Regina, Saskatchewan.
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