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Ballard's one shrewd businessman, With his Hamilton Tiger-Cats losing fans and millions year after year after year, Harold Ballard decided it was time(...)
Ballard's one shrewd businessman, With his Hamilton Tiger-Cats losing fans and millions year after year after year, Harold Ballard decided it was time(...)

Ballard's one shrewd businessman, With his Hamilton Tiger-Cats losing fans and millions year after year after year, Harold Ballard decided it was time(...)

Date2/27/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ballard's one shrewd businessman; With his Hamilton Tiger-Cats losing fans and millions year after year after year, Harold Ballard decided it was time to sell out. What did Pal Hal, clearly pleased, get out of the deal?One buck. Suitable for framing.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0030569F
      They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
      They want tiger-cats: These three, Walter Galdenzi, left, Bill Hourigan and Paul Cowell, have made a pitch to buy the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League from owner Harold Ballard. After a meeting yesterday, they have five days to offer th
      Spremo, Boris
      12/2/1988
      Need a job? Harold Ballard, whose holdings include Hamilton Tiger-Cats, buttonholes Washington Redskins (and ex-Argo) quarterback Joe Theismann at sports celebrity dinner last night
      Need a job? Harold Ballard, whose holdings include Hamilton Tiger-Cats, buttonholes Washington Redskins (and ex-Argo) quarterback Joe Theismann at sports celebrity dinner last night
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      6/18/1985
      Harold Ballard, owner of hockey's Toronto Maple Leafs and football's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, laughs it up with former Ticat linerman Angelo Mosca as they(...)
      Harold Ballard, owner of hockey's Toronto Maple Leafs and football's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, laughs it up with former Ticat linerman Angelo Mosca as they(...)
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      6/2/1987
      Sign Him Up. Too bad that isn't a real football player Tiger-Cat owner Harold Ballard is unveiling - the Cats could have used some help last night. St(...)
      Sign Him Up. Too bad that isn't a real football player Tiger-Cat owner Harold Ballard is unveiling - the Cats could have used some help last night. St(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      7/18/1979
      Found guilty: Harold Ballard's son Bill, 42, leaves old city hall court yesterday after being fined $500 for assaulting his father's live-in companion Yolanda Ballard, 56
      Found guilty: Harold Ballard's son Bill, 42, leaves old city hall court yesterday after being fined $500 for assaulting his father's live-in companion Yolanda Ballard, 56
      Ballard, Bill
      9/27/1989
      Harold Ballard's proposal to leave his $100 million Garden's stake to charity raises some perplexing questions
      Harold Ballard's proposal to leave his $100 million Garden's stake to charity raises some perplexing questions
      Bull, Ron
      5/5/1987
      Yolanda Ballard rests a hand on Harold Ballard's shoulder after they ate lunch at the Westbury Hotel
      Yolanda Ballard rests a hand on Harold Ballard's shoulder after they ate lunch at the Westbury Hotel
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      8/11/1988
      Looking grim: Leaf owner Harold Ballard looks down glumly from his private box during last night's losing effort, a far different Ballard than was seen after the past two games, which Leafs won
      Looking grim: Leaf owner Harold Ballard looks down glumly from his private box during last night's losing effort, a far different Ballard than was seen after the past two games, which Leafs won
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      4/24/1986
      Tabbie no More: After 10 good years with Hamilton Tiger Cats, linebacker Ben Zambiasi is donning Argos' double blue
      Tabbie no More: After 10 good years with Hamilton Tiger Cats, linebacker Ben Zambiasi is donning Argos' double blue
      Hunter, Paul
      9/21/1988
      Yolanda Ballard, right, who was banned from Harold Ballard's funeral yesterday, pays her respects later in the day at an Etobicoke cemetery. Ballard's(...)
      Yolanda Ballard, right, who was banned from Harold Ballard's funeral yesterday, pays her respects later in the day at an Etobicoke cemetery. Ballard's(...)
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      4/17/1990
      Out of job: Henry Hayek, Harold Ballard's wheelchair pusher who was fired on Monday, says Ballard's companion, Yolanda, is to blame.
      Out of job: Henry Hayek, Harold Ballard's wheelchair pusher who was fired on Monday, says Ballard's companion, Yolanda, is to blame.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/10/1989
      Leaf and Tiger-Cat owner Harold Ballard chats with Garden Brother circus star, Popeye the tiger
      Leaf and Tiger-Cat owner Harold Ballard chats with Garden Brother circus star, Popeye the tiger
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      5/25/1979