Norman Albert

'''Norman B. Albert''' (1897 – 25 December 1974<ref>{{cite news |title=Norman B. Albert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109414858/the-montreal-star/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=The Montreal Star |date=28 December 1974}}</ref>) was a Canadian journalist and radio reporter. He was the first to broadcast an ice hockey game for radio.

==First radio broadcast of ice hockey==

Norman Albert called the third period of an OHA Intermediate playoff game on 8 February 1923 when North Toronto defeated Midland 16–4.<ref name="kit-246">Kitchen, p. 246</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Toronto Star |date=9 February 1923 |page=12 |author=Albert, Norman |title=Conacher Scored Six for North Toronto}}</ref> This game, like the early broadcasts of Foster Hewitt, was aired on Toronto radio station CFCA, which was owned by the ''Toronto Star'' where both Hewitt and Albert were employed.<ref>Hewitt, pp. 18-23</ref> Albert is known to have broadcast three or four games, all in 1923. The ''Toronto Star'' of 9 February 1923 (page 9) confirms that Albert made the first broadcast on 8 February. The other dates are likely 14 February, 24 February and 27 February. The game on 14 February featured the Toronto St. Pats and the Ottawa Senators, and is the first NHL game to be broadcast.<ref name="kit-246"/>

==References== * {{cite book | title=Foster Hewitt, his own story | first=Foster | last=Hewitt | publisher=Ryerson Press | year=1967}} * {{cite book |last=Kitchen |first=Paul |title=Win, Tie or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators - 1883–1935 |publisher=Penumbra Press |location=Manotick, Ontario |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-897323-46-5}} ;Notes {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Albert, Norman}} Category:Canadian radio sportscasters Category:National Hockey League broadcasters Category:1897 births Category:1974 deaths