It’s the early to mid-1970s and everybody in Sudbury knows CKSO sports director Cummy Burton. Article content

How could one not? Article content Article content

His persona went so far beyond his role, one which already ensured regular contact with the who’s who of local sports in the Nickel City.

And for as much as I believed I had a decent general image of the man who first captivated the airwaves in what could only be described as an Elmer Fudd-like twist to sports broadcasting, it turns out there were so many more layers to this character whose family roots continue to shine throughout our community.

“It was his personality that attracted me to him,” recalled his spouse of 49 years, the former Suzie Ebbs of Oshawa. “It was huge.”

That will come as absolutely no surprise to the

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