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Busy holiday for Argo coach. Argo's new coach Russ Jackson and family spent Dec. 24 not wrapping presents, but unpacking cartons after moving from Ott(...)
Busy holiday for Argo coach. Argo's new coach Russ Jackson and family spent Dec. 24 not wrapping presents, but unpacking cartons after moving from Ott(...)

Busy holiday for Argo coach. Argo's new coach Russ Jackson and family spent Dec. 24 not wrapping presents, but unpacking cartons after moving from Ott(...)

Date12/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Busy holiday for Argo coach. Argo's new coach Russ Jackson and family spent Dec. 24 not wrapping presents, but unpacking cartons after moving from Ottawa to new home in Mississauga. Would you believe in one marked 'kichen', Jackson found football? He insisted he was looking for coffee pot. With Jackson above is daughter, Nancy, aged 8.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0057172F
      View from the top, Russ Jackson, coach of Argos starting next January, surveys CNE Stadium before game between Argos and B.C. Lions. Jackson performed(...)
      View from the top, Russ Jackson, coach of Argos starting next January, surveys CNE Stadium before game between Argos and B.C. Lions. Jackson performed(...)
      Jackson, Russell Stanley, 1936
      9/12/1974
      Best in Canada, Russ Jackson, Argos' coach-elect, congratulates Al Charuk of Acadia, named most valuable player in Canadian college football at Skylin(...)
      Best in Canada, Russ Jackson, Argos' coach-elect, congratulates Al Charuk of Acadia, named most valuable player in Canadian college football at Skylin(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/20/1974
      Popular but unproved coach of the Argos in Russ Jackson, former superstar as an Ottawa quarterback
      Popular but unproved coach of the Argos in Russ Jackson, former superstar as an Ottawa quarterback
      Jackson, Russell Stanley, 1936
      9/12/1974
      Pointing the way, Argo coach Russ Jackson explains what the expects from players during team's first workout at CNE Stadium yesterday. In backgroud is(...)
      Pointing the way, Argo coach Russ Jackson explains what the expects from players during team's first workout at CNE Stadium yesterday. In backgroud is(...)
      Jackson, Russell Stanley, 1936
      6/30/1975
      Argo owner Bill Hodgson (left) and head coach-elect Russ Jackson
      Argo owner Bill Hodgson (left) and head coach-elect Russ Jackson
      Jackson, Russell Stanley, 1936
      9/11/1974
      Argo head coach John Rauch (right) presents jacket to linebacker Bill Palmer of Bramalea Satellites yesterday at CNE Stadium after final session of CF(...)
      Argo head coach John Rauch (right) presents jacket to linebacker Bill Palmer of Bramalea Satellites yesterday at CNE Stadium after final session of CF(...)
      Rauch, John
      5/16/1974
      New citizen: Former Argos coach Adam Rita, hugging Citizenship Judge Gina Godfrey, left, and clerk Evelyn Mpoglas, is all smiles as wife Jocelyne Melnert snaps photo after ceremony in Markham
      New citizen: Former Argos coach Adam Rita, hugging Citizenship Judge Gina Godfrey, left, and clerk Evelyn Mpoglas, is all smiles as wife Jocelyne Melnert snaps photo after ceremony in Markham
      Faught, Ken
      4/14/1993
      Russ Jackson had never coached a game of pro football when he took over Argos this year
      Russ Jackson had never coached a game of pro football when he took over Argos this year
      Bezant, Graham
      6/9/1975
      Kiss from the new Miss Agro, Albert (Eppie) Epstein, the 87-year-old honorary coach of the Argos, was among the first to welcome the new Miss Toronto Argonaut 1983 to the club last night.
      Kiss from the new Miss Agro, Albert (Eppie) Epstein, the 87-year-old honorary coach of the Argos, was among the first to welcome the new Miss Toronto Argonaut 1983 to the club last night.
      Milich, Zoran
      9/28/1983
      Greg Barton is from the U.S. but the new assistant coach of the Argos is the key to the club's program to keep promissing young football players in Ca(...)
      Greg Barton is from the U.S. but the new assistant coach of the Argos is the key to the club's program to keep promissing young football players in Ca(...)
      Barton, Greg
      5/3/1971
      The axe falls: General manager Mike McCarthy, left, and Adam Rita talk to media after the Argos announced Rita had been fired as coach of struggling club
      The axe falls: General manager Mike McCarthy, left, and Adam Rita talk to media after the Argos announced Rita had been fired as coach of struggling club
      Goode, Jeff
      9/21/1992
      So long, Argos. Don Matthews, here huddling at home with wife Catherine and cat Sam, resigned yesterday after a single season as Argonauts coach
      So long, Argos. Don Matthews, here huddling at home with wife Catherine and cat Sam, resigned yesterday after a single season as Argonauts coach
      Hunter, Paul
      1/10/1991