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Tollefson grew up in California and attended the Menlo School in
Menlo Park, California. He attended
Stanford University and began his
journalismcareer as a correspondent
for the AP in San
Francisco where he covered the Patty Hearst kidnapping. In 1975 he moved east and became a
sportscaster and sports director of WPVI-TV (Channel 6-ABC, Philadelphia). He left WPVI in
1990 partially for health
reasons, but mostly because of his determination to create a
non-profit motivational program to benefit disadvantaged children
called "Winning Ways." [541]
On
November 18,
1999, Don was inducted into
the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame.
Don Tollefson on WTXF in 2006.
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