Person
Don Gillis
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- August 1, 1922 · 85 years
- Death
- April 23, 2008
- Origin
- Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Professional Trajectory
Donald A. Gillis was a Canadian-born sportscaster who was sports director of Boston's Channel 5 (WHDH-TV and WCVB-TV) from 1962 through 1983. Gillis pioneered the 11 p.m. sports report in Boston, becoming the dean of the city's sports anchors. Famed for calling the 1968 Harvard versus Yale football game.
