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Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
About Johnny Peirson
- John Frederick Peirson (born July 21, 1925) is a retired National Hockey League player who played right wing for the Boston Bruins. Peirson finished his NHL career with 153 goals and 173 assists for 326 points in 545 games.
- He played in the NHL All-Star Game in both 1950 and 1951.
- Following his retirement, Peirson became a prominent broadcaster and color analyst for the Bruins.
- He first worked on WBZ radio with Fred Cusick—with whom as a player he had done a TV demonstration during one of CBS-TV's short-lived weekly NHL telecasts—-and then on WSBK television.
- He was initially paired with Don Earle and then for many years with Cusick, who had moved from radio to TV.
- During World War II, Peirson served in the Canadian Army.
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