<Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Order of Canada Foster Hewitt Memorial Award </Td> </Tr> <P> Foster William Hewitt, OC (November 21, 1902--April 21, 1985) was a Canadian radio broadcaster most famous for his play - by - play calls for Hockey Night in Canada . He was the son of W.A. Hewitt, and the father of Bill Hewitt . </P> <P> Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hewitt attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto where he was a member of the Toronto chapter of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity . He was a champion boxer in his student years, winning the intercollegiate title at 112 pounds . </P> <P> Hewitt developed an early interest in the radio and as a teenager accompanied his father, W.A. Hewitt, on a trip to Detroit, Michigan to see a demonstration of radio technology sponsored by General Electric . </P>

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