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Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a p(...)
Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a p(...)

Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a p(...)

Date9/1/1934
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Original Toronto Star caption: Wins third world's championship-Marvin Nelson as he came out of the water the winner of th e15-mile marathon swim for the world's championship and a purse of $5;000 at the Canadian National Exihibition
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0098348F
Second to Nelson again-Bill Goll, the New York boy, who again came in second to Marvin Nelson to take away the $1,500 purse. Bill has been in the money for the past four years
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9/1/1934
Russian victor: Elena Burmenskaya, member of Soviet swim team touring Canada, was an easy winner in the Ontario championships last night in Etobicoke
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1/26/1969
The pressure is always on to give a world championship performance, so Helen Vanderburg and Kelly Kryczka practise
The pressure is always on to give a world championship performance, so Helen Vanderburg and Kelly Kryczka practise
5/7/1979
Marathon triumph. Patty Thompson, 45, is helped on to shore by husband Dave Marr last night after becoming the oldest woman to swim Lake Ontario
Marathon triumph. Patty Thompson, 45, is helped on to shore by husband Dave Marr last night after becoming the oldest woman to swim Lake Ontario
8/15/1991
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Mute, Halt and Blind in C.N.E. swim. Representing four different types of affliction, the quartet shown ABOVE are entered in the 15 mile C.N.E. swim m(...)
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8/30/1932
Warren Anderson of Nova Scotia, who cam in third in the big swim, seen with Mrs
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Top form: A.Y. Jackson's Chen Ian Wang coasted home first in the junior 50-metre breast stroke event in the North York swimming championships yesterda(...)
Top form: A.Y. Jackson's Chen Ian Wang coasted home first in the junior 50-metre breast stroke event in the North York swimming championships yesterda(...)
2/24/1981
Carrie DeGuerre: Synchronized swimmer shows off her championship medal
Carrie DeGuerre: Synchronized swimmer shows off her championship medal
7/9/1990
In training for a 35-to-50-mile swim of Lake Ontario, nurse Pat Stoffels gets pointers from her coach, Richard Lough, yesterday at the Fitness Institu(...)
In training for a 35-to-50-mile swim of Lake Ontario, nurse Pat Stoffels gets pointers from her coach, Richard Lough, yesterday at the Fitness Institu(...)
4/22/1975
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
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