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There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region
There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region

There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region

Date10/5/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0093431F
Charge! Northern's Dan Gana (15) leads the victory celebration after the Red Knights squeezed out a 14-11 win over Markham Marauders in the Metro Bowl(...)
Charge! Northern's Dan Gana (15) leads the victory celebration after the Red Knights squeezed out a 14-11 win over Markham Marauders in the Metro Bowl(...)
11/21/1990
Under Guard: So bad in Somalia that an armed guard defends an orphanage against marauders
Under Guard: So bad in Somalia that an armed guard defends an orphanage against marauders
2/2/1992
Argonaut Jim Rountree gives football tips to Amy Croake
Argonaut Jim Rountree gives football tips to Amy Croake
10/27/1961
Of the mercers lately: David French (top) and Bill Glassco with Zach Bennett (left) and Darryl Flatman in a scene from the fourth Mercer play, 1949, which opens tonight
Of the mercers lately: David French (top) and Bill Glassco with Zach Bennett (left) and Darryl Flatman in a scene from the fourth Mercer play, 1949, which opens tonight
10/10/1988
A member of Henry Carr's junior football team bows his head after losing to Michael Power
A member of Henry Carr's junior football team bows his head after losing to Michael Power
11/12/1990
Relax, guys, there's nothing to fear about facials, manicures, pedicures or any of that stuff you figure is strictly women's domain. So open your mind(...)
Relax, guys, there's nothing to fear about facials, manicures, pedicures or any of that stuff you figure is strictly women's domain. So open your mind(...)
1/14/1992
Parkdale Collegiate's senior football team may have to share Toronto high school championship with Humberside Collegiate because of teacher' strike. S(...)
Parkdale Collegiate's senior football team may have to share Toronto high school championship with Humberside Collegiate because of teacher' strike. S(...)
11/18/1975
Scrummy effort, Girls from Father Bressani tackle a Unionville player during a York Region high school rugby match yesterday. Father Bressani took it on the chin 30-0. Please see story on page C9
Scrummy effort, Girls from Father Bressani tackle a Unionville player during a York Region high school rugby match yesterday. Father Bressani took it on the chin 30-0. Please see story on page C9
4/18/1991
Toronto Argonaut coach Russ Jackson, is a nice guy with beautiful teeth but he is not a football coach, reader charges
Toronto Argonaut coach Russ Jackson, is a nice guy with beautiful teeth but he is not a football coach, reader charges
12/30/1974
Had enough: Veteran Jim Corrigall, the anchor of Argos' defensive line, decided the time was right to retire and wife Marybeth, son Jimmy, 10, and daughter Amy,6, are obviously happy at the decision
Had enough: Veteran Jim Corrigall, the anchor of Argos' defensive line, decided the time was right to retire and wife Marybeth, son Jimmy, 10, and daughter Amy,6, are obviously happy at the decision
2/12/1982
At Greenwood Raceway, out along Queen, the guys and girls who run the place bed down in track rooms and dream big
At Greenwood Raceway, out along Queen, the guys and girls who run the place bed down in track rooms and dream big
6/12/1990
Gridiron Tangle. Football players from Paul Dwyer HIgh School (In blue) and Pickering High (in green) grappie during a game last Friday. Dwyer won 28-(...)
Gridiron Tangle. Football players from Paul Dwyer HIgh School (In blue) and Pickering High (in green) grappie during a game last Friday. Dwyer won 28-(...)
11/2/1992