Eric Bishop

Eric Stewart Bishop (30 January 1926 – 1 April 2000) was a Canadian sports journalist and play-by-play sports broadcaster. In 1987, Bishop was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a broadcaster.

Bishop was also briefly a horse race owner.

• Junior sportswriter Vancouver Sun, c. 1944
• Royal Canadian Air Force, 1944
• catcher Purity 99 Big Four League baseball Calgary, mid 1940s
• sportswriter/assistant sports editor Calgary Herald, 1946
• PR/broadcaster WIHL Los Angeles Ramblers 1946–47
• Sports Director CJAT Trail, British Columbia, 1948
• Home Oil Pro Hockey broadcasts CKNW New Westminster, 1952
• Sports Director CFAC Calgary, 1954
• called horse races Victoria Park Calgary, 1959–64
• Sports Editor Calgary Albertan, early 1960s
• CKXL (AM) Calgary, late 1960s
• part owner WHL Victoria Cougars, 1970s
• BC Lions football play-by-play announcer with CKWX, 1970s
• play-by-play WHA Calgary Cowboys CFAC Calgary, 1980s
• sports columnist Calgary Sun, 1990s