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Top dog

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Top dog

Date3/3/1979

Names

Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990 (subject)

Loek, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team) (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Top dog: Harold Ballard, here in his private box between King Clancy, left, and Jim Gregory, suffers from the disease of the sports entrepreneur, Ken Dryden says. Money buys celebrity, and celebrity means being able to say anything about anything, Dryden says.

Subject

Sports team owners

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030501F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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