Background
He was born in Toronto, Ontario.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario.
Early life and career
He began his broadcasting career at CJCA in Edmonton, Alberta at the age of 16 covering high school sports for radio. From 1972 to 1981, he was co-host of Curling Classic, a television program on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canadian Broadcasting Company) that was earlier hosted by Alex Trebek. In 1972, Chevrier was the ringside commentator for the World Heavyweight Championship between Joe Frazier and Ron Stander.
Toronto Blue Jays, Canadian Football League, Ottawa Senators
In 1977, he became the original television voice of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team
He spent the next 20 years as a commentator on the Jays" television broadcast crew. Throughout the 1970s, he broadcast curling and the Canadian Football League for Canadian Broadcasting Company, calling several Briers and Grey Cups.
In the early 1980s he moved to CTV, where he remained a fixture in its sports department into the early nineties. In 1991, he called the Canada Cup hockey tournament for the network, and from 1992-1993 until 1997-1998 he was the television voice for the National Hockey League"s Ottawa Senators for CHRO-television, working alongside Greg Millen.
Olympic Games broadcasts
Chevrier also provided television network coverage of the Olympic Games for North American audiences since 1972, working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company, the American Broadcasting Company (American Broadcasting Company), and the CTV Television Network before moving on to National Broadcasting Company. Personal life and death
Chevrier resided in Palm Harbor, Florida until his death.
He died December 17, 2007, at home, 12 days before his 70th birthday, after battling an undisclosed blood disorder.