Fergie Olver Biography – 5 Interesting Facts About the Game Show Host
The former sports broadcaster was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Fergie Olver began his sports journalism career by working from the outfields for minor baseball leagues. He then switched to the semi-pro Western Baseball League where he began reporting from the outfields for the Saskatoon/Medicine Hat team.
Later on, he started working as a broadcaster, temporarily putting an end to his work as a sportscaster. During such time, he was associated with quite a few TV stations like the CFTO channel situated in Toronto. A few years down the line, he revived his sports broadcasting career as he joined the broadcasting crew of the baseball team, Toronto Blue Jays, reporting from the dugout. He provided excellent coverage of the games of the franchise on various TV networks such as BBS and TSN until 1996. He also covered the glorious moments when the baseball team claimed the 1992 World Series title, a feat they repeated the following year.
Fergie Olver further worked as the host of Just Like Mom from season two of the show that was created by Catherine Swing and had a total of 595 episodes.
