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Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)
Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)

Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms ra(...)

Date8/18/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Richard Beecroft's around-the-world cycling odyssey came full circle when he broke through a white-ribbon at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday. Arms raised triumphantly, the 36-year-old Ottawa native who suffers from multiple sclerosis, rode straight into the outstretched arms and puckered lips of his 66-year-old mother, Win.
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Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
8/18/1986
Almost home: Richard Beecroft of Ottawa was to ride his tricycle into Metro today, three years after he started his world cycling tour to heighten awareness of muscular sclerosis
Almost home: Richard Beecroft of Ottawa was to ride his tricycle into Metro today, three years after he started his world cycling tour to heighten awareness of muscular sclerosis
8/18/1986
Canadian multiple sclerosis victim Richard Beecroft has spent the past three years riding around the world on an adult-sized tricycle to raise public (...)
Canadian multiple sclerosis victim Richard Beecroft has spent the past three years riding around the world on an adult-sized tricycle to raise public (...)
7/31/1986
Taking a break: Richard Beecroft, left, chats with Duncan Meyer, 22, who has been helping Beecroft with his trip since April by driving a 22-foot motorhome with flashing lights behind him
Taking a break: Richard Beecroft, left, chats with Duncan Meyer, 22, who has been helping Beecroft with his trip since April by driving a 22-foot motorhome with flashing lights behind him
7/31/1986
Beecroft, Richard
Beecroft, Richard
7/18/1981
Over-all winner: Cyclist Steve Bauer struggled yesterday in the 100-kilometre criterium around Queen's Park Circle but still managed to win the three-event over-all championship
Over-all winner: Cyclist Steve Bauer struggled yesterday in the 100-kilometre criterium around Queen's Park Circle but still managed to win the three-event over-all championship
8/3/1987
It was almost a flashback when 200 protesters marched into Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday to protest against nuclear arms. [Incomplete]
It was almost a flashback when 200 protesters marched into Nathan Phillips Square on Saturday to protest against nuclear arms. [Incomplete]
10/17/1976
Pedalling message: Doug Mohr, 26, a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo, pulled into Nathan Phillips Square yesterday on his cross-Canada trip to raise money to fight the arms race
Pedalling message: Doug Mohr, 26, a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo, pulled into Nathan Phillips Square yesterday on his cross-Canada trip to raise money to fight the arms race
9/13/1985
Figure skater mid air in front of Toronto City Hall
Leaping high off the ice, Toller Cranston, Canada's top male figure skater, works out at the rink at Nathan Phillips Square with City Hall in the back(...)
1/5/1974
Bauer roars to victory, Canada's premier cyclist Steve Bauer (right) celebrates his victory in yesterday's Carlsberg Light Grand Prix around Queen's P(...)
Bauer roars to victory, Canada's premier cyclist Steve Bauer (right) celebrates his victory in yesterday's Carlsberg Light Grand Prix around Queen's P(...)
8/4/1986
Bauer Power: Fenwick's Steve Bauer (front) was first off the line and first across the finish line in a 60-lap race through Toronto streets yesterday
Bauer Power: Fenwick's Steve Bauer (front) was first off the line and first across the finish line in a 60-lap race through Toronto streets yesterday
7/26/1990
A point to make: Home for the holidays with his new book on the shelves, Steve Bauer says topping the World Cup point standings in 1990 is an attainable goal
A point to make: Home for the holidays with his new book on the shelves, Steve Bauer says topping the World Cup point standings in 1990 is an attainable goal
11/29/1989