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Ambition realized, Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, welcomes defenceman Gary Nylund yesterday
Ambition realized, Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, welcomes defenceman Gary Nylund yesterday

Ambition realized, Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, welcomes defenceman Gary Nylund yesterday

Date8/17/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ambition realized, Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs, welcomes defenceman Gary Nylund yesterday. Nylund had a boyhood ambition of becoming a Leaf and brought along a photograph of himself in a Leaf uniform when he was five years old.
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Toronto Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard and one of his team's current stars, Wendel Clark, left, welcome the latest hope of raise the team to the top (...)
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Gary Nylund, Former Maple Leaf's wounded knee received lots of media scrutiny
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