Stu Nahan (June 23, 1926 â€" December 26, 2007) was an American
sportscaster best known for his television broadcasting career in Los
Angeles from the 1950s through the 1990s. He is also remembered for
his role as a boxing commentator in the first six Rocky films. He
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6549 Hollywood Blvd.
on May 25, 2007.A native of Los Angeles, Nahan moved at age 2 with his
mother to Canada, where he grew up playing ice hockey.A star goalie at
McGill University in Montreal, he signed a contract with the Toronto
Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League in 1946. He was assigned to
the minor-league Los Angeles Monarchs, who through the early 1950s
played at the Pan Pacific Auditorium.Nahan originally began working on
a children's television program, appearing as "Skipper Stu" in
Sacramento in the 1950s. He worked for KCRA in Sacramento as a
sportscaster. Nahan later moved to Haddonfield, NJ (near Philadelphia)
where he hosted his own children's show as Captain Philadelphia,
dressed in an astronaut outfit, on the now defunct WKBS-TV. During
this stint, Nahan also provided the play-by-play commentary for the
NHL's Philadelphia Flyers at WTAF, working alongside Gene Hart.
sportscaster best known for his television broadcasting career in Los
Angeles from the 1950s through the 1990s. He is also remembered for
his role as a boxing commentator in the first six Rocky films. He
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6549 Hollywood Blvd.
on May 25, 2007.A native of Los Angeles, Nahan moved at age 2 with his
mother to Canada, where he grew up playing ice hockey.A star goalie at
McGill University in Montreal, he signed a contract with the Toronto
Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League in 1946. He was assigned to
the minor-league Los Angeles Monarchs, who through the early 1950s
played at the Pan Pacific Auditorium.Nahan originally began working on
a children's television program, appearing as "Skipper Stu" in
Sacramento in the 1950s. He worked for KCRA in Sacramento as a
sportscaster. Nahan later moved to Haddonfield, NJ (near Philadelphia)
where he hosted his own children's show as Captain Philadelphia,
dressed in an astronaut outfit, on the now defunct WKBS-TV. During
this stint, Nahan also provided the play-by-play commentary for the
NHL's Philadelphia Flyers at WTAF, working alongside Gene Hart.
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