Editing Danny Gallivan (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]], [[Nova Scotia]], Gallivan was an avid athlete and was a baseball pitcher on the St. Theresa's parish team from Sydney that won the Maritime Intermediate Baseball Championship in 1937.<ref name="Cape Breton Post 2005">Cape Breton Post. Saturday, March 5, 2005. Page C3.</ref> Gallivan started the deciding game against the Pugwash Maple Leafs in the best-of-three series and pitched a three-hit gem while striking out 11 batters in the game.<ref>Sydney Post Record. Tuesday, September 28, 1937. Page 10.</ref>

In 1938, Gallivan was invited to a [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] training camp as a power pitcher, but an early injury to his arm ended any thoughts of a major league career.<ref name="Cape Breton Post 2005"/>

Gallivan began his broadcast career at a [[Independent Local Radio|local radio]] station in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia]], while attending [[St. Francis Xavier University]]. While at St. Francis Xavier, he was once roommates with Hollywood film director [[Daniel Petrie]] around 1940 or 1941.<ref name="Cape Breton Post 2005"/> He taught high school [[algebra]] and [[Latin]] in Antigonish following graduation and took a stint in the [[Canadian Army]] before returning to continue his broadcasting career.

During the summers Gallivan worked in the blast furnace department of the steel plant at [[Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation|Dosco]], a Sydney-based manufacturer of steel, coal and assorted products, to pay his way through school. His late father, Luke, was a Dosco employee for 58 years and was a foreman at International Piers, Sydney. Gallivan graduated from St. FX in 1942. Following overseas service with the Knights of Columbus Hostel Auxiliary Services in the war, Gallivan returned to Antigonish as a sportscaster for CJFX.<ref>DOSCO World, Vol. 3, No. 1</ref>