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Canadian sports journalist (1892–1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basil Edmund "Baz" O'Meara (June 5, 1892 – October 25, 1971), was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for the Montreal Star, he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1979, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1][2]
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Born | Ontario, Canada | June 5, 1892
Died | October 25, 1971 79) | (aged
Occupation | journalist |
Years active | 1910 – c. 1968 |
Employer | Montreal Star |
Awards | Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award (1984) |
O'Meara began his career at the Ottawa Free Press in 1910.[3] He was the sports editor of the Ottawa Journal during the 1920s, and mentored his successor Bill Westwick.[4][5] He joined the Star in 1929 and retired at the age of 76 around 1968. Although controversy exists over this claim, he was widely credited with nicknaming Maurice Richard "Rocket".[3]
O'Meara died on October 25, 1971 in a Montreal hospital at age 79. He had entered the facility roughly one week before, after suffering a heart attack, and never regained consciousness.[6]
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