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Almost worth a broken leg...as youngsters in the children's wards at Queensway General hospital yesterday discussed the latest news in the hectic Stan(...)
Almost worth a broken leg...as youngsters in the children's wards at Queensway General hospital yesterday discussed the latest news in the hectic Stan(...)

Almost worth a broken leg...as youngsters in the children's wards at Queensway General hospital yesterday discussed the latest news in the hectic Stan(...)

Date4/21/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Almost worth a broken leg...as youngsters in the children's wards at Queensway General hospital yesterday discussed the latest news in the hectic Stanley Cup playoffs with injured Toronto Maple Leaf star Inge Hammarstr?m yesterday. Hammarstr?m, who has been sidelined from playoffs with an injured leg and has to use crutches, visited youngsters at hospital and signed flurry of autographs.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0052791F
Poster pals. Maple Leaf left-winger Stewart Gavin and Rahul Gupta, 8, check the Metro Children's Aid Society poster they appear on to help locate foster homes for ethnic youngsters
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Ward mom: Arlene Markle cuddles Jeffrey at Bloorview Children's Hospital, where she works with severely disabled youngsters
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Ex-Leaf coach Kelly wants 'to give a little bit of the game back to youngsters'
Ex-Leaf coach Kelly wants 'to give a little bit of the game back to youngsters'
4/22/1976
Bobby Baun (above) became a legend by playing with a broken leg, while felsty Dale Hunter (left) has scored four overtime goals in the playoffs
Bobby Baun (above) became a legend by playing with a broken leg, while felsty Dale Hunter (left) has scored four overtime goals in the playoffs
4/3/1990
Young at heart: Maple Leafs veteran Mike Foligno, sporting a shiny new helmet, prepares to battle youngsters at training camp
Young at heart: Maple Leafs veteran Mike Foligno, sporting a shiny new helmet, prepares to battle youngsters at training camp
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Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station(...)
Subway beating victim Shamshudin Kanji is in Queensway Hospital with broken legs after he was beaten by three drunk youths in Islington subway station(...)
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Jazzy day in hospital. Youngsters at Hospital for Sick Children yesterday got a special treat when saxophonist Illinois Jacquet took time out from eng(...)
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Wayne Gretzky: No. 99 displays the plaque he won yesterday in recognition from The Hockey News
Wayne Gretzky: No. 99 displays the plaque he won yesterday in recognition from The Hockey News
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Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
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Winger Vince Damphousse, top, shows the strain of a leg test yesterday as the Leafs ended their summer vacations and checked in for fitness tests. Dan(...)
Winger Vince Damphousse, top, shows the strain of a leg test yesterday as the Leafs ended their summer vacations and checked in for fitness tests. Dan(...)
9/6/1991
New Rookie for Leafs. Latest adition to Maple Leaf kiddie korps is James Deacon Dorey, 7-pound, 1-ounce son of defenceman Jim Dorey. Shown here with h(...)
New Rookie for Leafs. Latest adition to Maple Leaf kiddie korps is James Deacon Dorey, 7-pound, 1-ounce son of defenceman Jim Dorey. Shown here with h(...)
9/18/1969
What Empress?, A youngster is startled by news photographers and appears to be unaware that Empress Farah of Iran is passing by him at the Hospital for Sick Children
What Empress?, A youngster is startled by news photographers and appears to be unaware that Empress Farah of Iran is passing by him at the Hospital for Sick Children
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