Hallsy retiring.

[eskfan152]

Love him or hate him, he is an icon on Edmontons sports radio. Loved hearing him say today that hanging up on callers to his show was a fun schtick! Thanks for all you have done Bryan! Enjoy retirement.

[Hugoagogo]

Spent many a summer night lying in the bunks of our family's camperized bus listening to Bryan call the games (with John Farlinger back in the day). He made the good play sound great, every time! Happy retirement Mr. Hall. Thank you for all the memories over the years.

[Esks4ever]

hasn't he been retiring for years now ? I thought I read on twitter he'll be doing once a week sports something......


Either way 70 friggin years..... legendary....

[widowmaker]

I had thought that he had already retired as well.

One would be hard pressed to find a bigger icon in the Edmonton sports media scene than Bryan Hall. To have a career that spans 70 years is unheard of and his knowledge and enthusiasm is incredible. There has also likely never been anyone so well connected to the local sports scene.

That said, I often found his play by play style to be somewhat cumbersome and disorganized. I recall listening to Eskimo games in the early 2000'a when I was in law school and the home games were blacked out and honestly, it was sometimes hard to follow what was happening on the field. There were even times that he would completely miss a play as it was happening because he was going on about Tony Roma's ribs or another advertiser.

In any event, he is still a legend in Edmonton sports and I wish him all the best in his retirement.

[Beerfish]

Hall could be infuriating at times, especially when the team was on the down side but having him and Rod Phillips as our announcers in the glory years was a special treat.

"Farley you're wrong! you're wrong Farley!"

[nafnikufesin]

Hall could be infuriating at times, especially when the team was on the down side but having him and Rod Phillips as our announcers in the glory years was a special treat.

"Farley you're wrong! you're wrong Farley!"

"He's got the ball on the 50, the 45, the 40...folks, I have to tell you about my meal at Tony Roma's last night, the ribs were just spectacular...he's in the endzone for a touchdown!"

[coach_ditka]

"He's got the ball on the 50, the 45, the 40...folks, I have to tell you about my meal at Tony Roma's last night, the ribs were just spectacular...he's in the endzone for a touchdown!"

[Hammer24]

"He's got the ball on the 50, the 45, the 40...folks, I have to tell you about my meal at Tony Roma's last night, the ribs were just spectacular...he's in the endzone for a touchdown!"

Followed by a "What was that Farley? What was that Farley?". I only listened to Hallsey do pxp when my work travels took me within radio range of CHED on an Eskimo game night. Otherwise my indoctrination was from getting ITV on our cable package in our northern Vancouver Island logging camp back in the late 80s/early 90s. I always tuned into that 30 minute nightly sports show usually hosted by Dutchy or Solkowski. Can't remember the name of the show but I did score a t-shirt one night for calling in the right answer for their trivia contest. Monday night was always destination viewing to see Darren or Perry try to get under Hallsey's skin during his 5 minute segment.