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Olympian honored. Steve Podborski, winner of a bronze medal for skiing at the Winter Olympics, received a mayor's medal and scroll from North York May(...)
Olympian honored. Steve Podborski, winner of a bronze medal for skiing at the Winter Olympics, received a mayor's medal and scroll from North York May(...)

Olympian honored. Steve Podborski, winner of a bronze medal for skiing at the Winter Olympics, received a mayor's medal and scroll from North York May(...)

Date5/26/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Olympian honored. Steve Podborski, winner of a bronze medal for skiing at the Winter Olympics, received a mayor's medal and scroll from North York Mayor Mel Lastman yesterday. Podborski, a Don Mills resident, was on crutches after a recent ski injury.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0074076F
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