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Foster William Hewitt (November 21,
1902–April 21, 1985) was a Canada|Canadian
radio pioneer. 

Born in Toronto, Ontario, he started as a
sportswriter for the Toronto Star|Toronto Daily
Star newspaper but soon turned to radio. In March
1923, using a telephone, he made the second ice
hockey broadcast ever in the world (he was
preceded by Pete Parker), from Toronto's Mutual
Street Arena. For the next sixty years, he would
be Canada's premier hockey play-by-play
broadcaster. He coined the phrase "he shoots, he
scores!" and was also well known for his sign-on
at the beginning of each broadcast, "Hello, hockey
fans." He had offers to go over to television to
continue the broadcasts that he initiated, but he
decided to stay with radio, handing over the
television broadcasts to his son, Bill Hewitt.
Hewitt retired in 1963, but came out of retirement
to broadcast the 1972 Summit Series. Hewitt was
inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a founder
in 1965. In 1972 he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada. He attended Upper Canada College
as a youth.

Foster Hewitt is buried in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Toronto.