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Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off
Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off

Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off

Date9/9/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Carrying on the work: Mark Brennan, 78, Canada's oldest competitive long-distance runner, says it's up to other athletes to pick up where Terry Fox left off.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0034193F
      This is the competitive side of Debbie Van Kiekebelt, glamor girl of Canada's Olympic team and one of most photographed athletes in Olympic Village. T(...)
      This is the competitive side of Debbie Van Kiekebelt, glamor girl of Canada's Olympic team and one of most photographed athletes in Olympic Village. T(...)
      Bezant, Graham
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      Bruce Kidd: Top '60s runner says athletes used to combine sport with school
      Bruce Kidd: Top '60s runner says athletes used to combine sport with school
      Griffin, Doug
      6/22/1989
      Ontario's finest. High jumper Julie White and Tom Lobsinger, 1,500-metre runner, show off the awards they won as top age-class athletes at annual awar(...)
      Ontario's finest. High jumper Julie White and Tom Lobsinger, 1,500-metre runner, show off the awards they won as top age-class athletes at annual awar(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      3/21/1976
      Dick Traum: Runner who inspired Terry Fox says runners should enjoy tomorrow's run, not to set records.
      Dick Traum: Runner who inspired Terry Fox says runners should enjoy tomorrow's run, not to set records.
      McConnell, Colin
      9/17/1982
      It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
      It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
      Cochrane, Jay, 1944-
      11/5/1975
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      It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
      Cochrane, Jay, 1944-
      11/6/1975
      The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
      The coffee man: At the age of 78, Alex Fedchak is turning in his coffee wagon. It's been nice, he says. I wouldn't put up with the same place for 50 years if it wasn't.
      Goode, Jeff
      6/18/1982
      Ben's back on track! When Ben Johnson lined up between elite wheelchair athletes Andre Viger, left, and Jeff Adams, it was (up and) over pretty quick.(...)
      Ben's back on track! When Ben Johnson lined up between elite wheelchair athletes Andre Viger, left, and Jeff Adams, it was (up and) over pretty quick.(...)
      Adams, Jeff, 1970-
      6/21/1990
      Athletes' friend: Agent Gil Scott may not be much loved in Winnipeg, from where he spirited Dieter Brock, but Scott, here perched in Exhibition Stadium, has won a lot of respect in other Canadian Football League cities
      Athletes' friend: Agent Gil Scott may not be much loved in Winnipeg, from where he spirited Dieter Brock, but Scott, here perched in Exhibition Stadium, has won a lot of respect in other Canadian Football League cities
      Faught, Ken
      4/30/1985
      Boycott will hurt athletes: Scarborough Optimist coach Charlie Francis says athletes, such as his prize pupil Angella Taylor, will be the ones who are hurt if Canada boycotts the Moscow Olympics
      Boycott will hurt athletes: Scarborough Optimist coach Charlie Francis says athletes, such as his prize pupil Angella Taylor, will be the ones who are hurt if Canada boycotts the Moscow Olympics
      Francis, Charlie, 1948-2010
      4/8/1980
      Running for Terry: Blind runner Bob Fenton, 19 (left), runs with guide Giuseppe Furfaro along a Forest Hill street in the 10-kiometre Terry Fox Run yesterday
      Running for Terry: Blind runner Bob Fenton, 19 (left), runs with guide Giuseppe Furfaro along a Forest Hill street in the 10-kiometre Terry Fox Run yesterday
      Fox, Terry, 1958-1981
      9/14/1986
      Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
      Sure, It's Harder for a convict to work than to stay in jail, but in long run it's better, says Jim Sharp himself an ex-con and now director of Standford House, where five such men live
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/5/1978