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Cream of the Crop. The 1969 Canadian Figure skating champions get together after winning titles last night at Maple Leaf Gardens. From left, Bruce Len(...)
Cream of the Crop. The 1969 Canadian Figure skating champions get together after winning titles last night at Maple Leaf Gardens. From left, Bruce Len(...)

Cream of the Crop. The 1969 Canadian Figure skating champions get together after winning titles last night at Maple Leaf Gardens. From left, Bruce Len(...)

Date1/27/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cream of the Crop. The 1969 Canadian Figure skating champions get together after winning titles last night at Maple Leaf Gardens. From left; Bruce Lennie and Donna Taylor; ice dance; Linda Carbonetto; ladies' champion; Jay Humphry; men's champ; Anna Forder and Richard Stephens; pairs' winners. Canadian team now advances to North American championships in Berkeley; Calif.; and the world event at Colorado Springs next month. Miss Carbonetto revealed that she almost accepted a lucrative offer to join the professional ice show.
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