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Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet
Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet

Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet

Date7/2/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet. He became first in east to better the 15-foot pole vault barrier.
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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_0075263F
The plight of a pole-vaulter. It was the darkest moment in Bob Raftis' amateur career when the Toronto pole-vaulter failed to clear 15 feet at the Canada Games. It cost him first place
The plight of a pole-vaulter. It was the darkest moment in Bob Raftis' amateur career when the Toronto pole-vaulter failed to clear 15 feet at the Canada Games. It cost him first place
8/25/1969
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
3/10/1993
Cool dudes, clockwise from top right, Colleen Murphy, 16, Steve Gill, 16, Tracey Raftis, 16, Denise Lassaline, 16, Judy Demers, 16, Steven Pirso, 15, Kim Nadeau, 16, Brad Harris 14
Cool dudes, clockwise from top right, Colleen Murphy, 16, Steve Gill, 16, Tracey Raftis, 16, Denise Lassaline, 16, Judy Demers, 16, Steven Pirso, 15, Kim Nadeau, 16, Brad Harris 14
8/29/1986
Debbie Brill soars to success in Star meet last night
Debbie Brill soars to success in Star meet last night
2/1/1980
Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
7/15/1972
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
7/9/1965
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
8/29/1986
The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields
The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields
5/2/1974
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
8/29/1986
A bald eagle soars above Ward's Island as it hunts for small fish and mammals
A bald eagle soars above Ward's Island as it hunts for small fish and mammals
4/11/1972
With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)
With a mighty leap, one of 18 bison being rounded up at Metro Zoo yesterday for move to Monitoba soars past keeper trying to move animals to smaller p(...)
2/28/1985
He was no Flop: Jason Thomas, 16, of Kitchener's Cameron Heights high school, soars to a second-place finish yesterday in high jump event at the first annual Cardinal Carter Track Classic
He was no Flop: Jason Thomas, 16, of Kitchener's Cameron Heights high school, soars to a second-place finish yesterday in high jump event at the first annual Cardinal Carter Track Classic
4/20/1991