Awards & Winners

Don Wittman

Date of Birth 09-October-1936
Place of Birth Herbert
(Saskatchewan, Division No. 7, Saskatchewan, Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Don Whittman, Witt, Donald Rae Wittman
Profession Sports commentator
Donald Rae Wittman was a Canadian sportscaster. Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and got his start in the field of broadcasting as a news reporter with CFQC radio in Saskatoon in 1955. As a sportscaster, Wittman covered many sports including athletics, baseball, basketball, golf, and was most known as a commentator and announcer for the CBC's CFL coverage, on Hockey Night in Canada, and for major Canadian and international curling tournaments. He joined CBWT's supper-hour news program 24Hours in 1970 as sports anchor alternating with Bob Picken. He also worked on Winnipeg Jets television and radio broadcasts. During the late 1970s–early 1980s, Wittman hosted Western Express, a half-hour weekly program broadcast in Western Canada which consisted of lottery ticket drawings for the lottery of the same name. The format of the series included Wittman co-hosting with media and community personalities from towns and cities across the region and conducting interviews in-between ticket drawings.. Famous events covered by Wittman include Donovan Bailey's 100m sprint world record at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the infamous brawl between Canada and the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Awards by Don Wittman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Don Wittman.

2008


Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer
Honored for : Hockey Night in Canada
(New York Rangers @ Ottawa Senators)

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer Hockey Night in Canada
New York Rangers @ Ottawa Senators

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst Nokia Brier
2004 Nokia Brier

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor CFL on CBC
1990 Grey Cup on CBC

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor Seoul 1988: Games of the XXIV Olympiad

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor CFL on CBC
The 1987 Grey Cup Games