Cam Cole

Cam Cole
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Vegreville, Alberta, Canada
OccupationJournalist
Years active1975 – 2016
SpouseJan (married)
Children2
AwardsElmer Ferguson Memorial Award

Cam Cole (born 1953) is a Canadian sports journalist. During his career, Cole has worked for the Edmonton Journal, National Post, and Vancouver Sun. After retiring in 2016, Cole was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame and Golf Canada’s Distinguished Service Award.

Early life and education

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Cole was born in Vegreville, Alberta in 1953.[1] He attended the University of Alberta (U of A) where he was a journalist for the student newspaper, The Gateway.[2] However, Cole dropped out of U of A's science program and pursued a career in book-and-magazine distributorship before returning to the University as a general arts student.[3]

Career

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In his second year back at U of A, Cole began working as a general sports journalist for the Edmonton Journal after their high school journalist was fired.[4] During his time with the Edmonton Journal, he covered high school sports, soccer, the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers.[5] In 1998, after covering the Edmonton Oilers 1980s dynasty, Cole moved to Toronto to work for the National Post.[6] While with the National Post, Cole was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame Reporters of Canada wing[7] and awarded the Sports Media Canada Sportswriter of the Year award in 2004.[1] The following year, Cole was hired by the Vancouver Sun while covering the 2005 Super Bowl for the Post.[8]

In 2010, Cole was named a finalist for the 2010 Jack Webster Awards as "Best News Reporting of the Year" for his article "A Tragic Day in Whistler."[9] While with the Sun in 2011, Cole became the first reporter to be awarded the Sports Media Canada George Gross Award as Sports Media Canada Sportswriter of the Year for the second time.[8] Cole stayed with the Sun until his retirement in 2016.[10] At the time of his retirement, Cole had reported on multiple general sports events such as the Olympic Games, Grey Cups, Stanley Cup finals, golf championships, Ryder Cups, Presidents Cups, Canadian Opens, World Series, Super Bowls, and world figure skating championships.[11] In 2017, Cole was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame.[12] At the announcement of his award, Scott Burnside, president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, said "...Cam is widely regarded as one of the greatest Canadian sports writers of all time. You'll get no argument from this quarter."[5] In 2018, Cole was awarded Golf Canada’s Distinguished Service Award for his sports journalism career.[13]

Publications

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The following is a list of Cole's publications:[14]

  • Ice level: Canadian hockey moments from the last 50 years: Canada's best from the best (2005)

Personal life

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Cole and his wife Jan have two daughters together, Kelly and Michelle.[4][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cam Cole bio". canada.com. January 30, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Zeisberger, Mike (November 12, 2017). "Cam Cole: Hall honor 'hard to grasp'". NHL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "2004 Cam Cole". sportsmediacanada.ca. 4 August 2004. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Larsen, Karin (December 17, 2016). "Sportsman of the week: Cam Cole, sportswriter". cbc.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "2017 HOCKEY HALL OF FAME NHL MEDIA AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED". hhof.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  6. ^ Tait, Cam (January 5, 2017). "Celebrating Cam Cole". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "CAM COLE". cfhof.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "2011 – Cam Cole". sportsmediacanada.ca. 9 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Finalists named for BC's Annual Journalism Awards". jackwebster.com. September 9, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  10. ^ "Retired Sun columnist Cam Cole honoured by Hockey Hall of Fame". Vancouver Sun. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  11. ^ Cole, Cam (December 16, 2016). "Cam Cole: Through 16 Olympics, 30 Stanley Cup finals and three rounds at Augusta, it's been a charmed life". National Post. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  12. ^ Zeisberger, Mike (April 18, 2017). "Humble Cole to enter Hockey Hall of Fame". The Province. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Golf Canada to recognize four honourees with Distinguished Service Award". golfcanada.ca. January 22, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "au:Cole, Cam". worldcat.org. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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