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Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)
Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)

Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)

Date2/9/1971
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  • Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's best is 6feet, 3/4 inch, much higher than Ethel Catherwood's winning jump in '28.
  • Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's b(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Debbie Bill of Haney, B.C., hopes to win Olympic high jump title in 1972 at Munich. She demonstrates her style of going over bar backwards. Debbie's best is 6feet, 3/4 inch, much higher than Ethel Catherwood's winning jump in '28.
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      Louise Hanna of University of Toronto track club leans backward over high jump bar during Saturday's Ontario Track and Field Association all-comers' m(...)
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      11/17/1986
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