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Tony the tiger
Tony the tiger

Tony the tiger

Date11/22/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tony the tiger: Fleet Ticat receiver Tony Champion has shown a flair for flamboyance on the field this season, but the tiger he worked out in yesterday have to be the cat's meow, sartorially speaking. Champion and his Hamilton mates worked out at the dome.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0037224F
Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy
Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy
10/31/1992
Hot quarterback: Gilbert Renfroe, who tossed the pass to Tony Johns that gave the Argos a nail-biting climactic win over Hamilton Tiger-Cats, cools off during a steamy practice yesterday
Hot quarterback: Gilbert Renfroe, who tossed the pass to Tony Johns that gave the Argos a nail-biting climactic win over Hamilton Tiger-Cats, cools off during a steamy practice yesterday
7/30/1987
Hold that Tiger! This 500-pound tiger just checked in at Riverdale zoo from India, and he's hungry - so don't try to scratch his ears. The tiger, a gi(...)
Hold that Tiger! This 500-pound tiger just checked in at Riverdale zoo from India, and he's hungry - so don't try to scratch his ears. The tiger, a gi(...)
6/22/1962
T is for tiger. Mr. T, who is in Toronto for six months filming his TV series, gets acquainted with a Sumatran tiger cub after he watched a performanc(...)
T is for tiger. Mr. T, who is in Toronto for six months filming his TV series, gets acquainted with a Sumatran tiger cub after he watched a performanc(...)
9/4/1988
No longer a Tiger, All-star catcher Lance Parrish told Detroit Tigers that he no longer is interested in playing for them. He says the club has been p(...)
No longer a Tiger, All-star catcher Lance Parrish told Detroit Tigers that he no longer is interested in playing for them. He says the club has been p(...)
3/24/1986
They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
12/2/1988
The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
1848
Bath time for tiger, One-year-old Tiger didn't really feel like a bath yesterday but his owners, Doug, 10, and Katherine Ogilvie, 12, of North York, t(...)
Bath time for tiger, One-year-old Tiger didn't really feel like a bath yesterday but his owners, Doug, 10, and Katherine Ogilvie, 12, of North York, t(...)
6/15/1983
The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)
The tiger didn't make it. Detroit Tiger infielder Lou Whitaker reaches for home plate in attempt to score against Blue Jays in yesterday' home opener (...)
4/14/1978
Charly Baumann, the world's greatest tiger trainer and his cageful of Royal Bengal and Siberian tigers
Charly Baumann, the world's greatest tiger trainer and his cageful of Royal Bengal and Siberian tigers
5/7/1973
Hold that tiger: Punjab, 475 pounds of tiger, is one of stars of Canadian National Sportsmen's Show, running from today until March 24, at Coliseum in Exhibition Park
Hold that tiger: Punjab, 475 pounds of tiger, is one of stars of Canadian National Sportsmen's Show, running from today until March 24, at Coliseum in Exhibition Park
3/16/1972
Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
8/3/1966