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There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region
There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region

There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region

Date10/5/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: There's no blocking Amy: Amy Mercer's just one of the guys on the Markham Marauders junior football team and is believed to be the first girls to play high schools football in York Region.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0093431F
      Charge! Northern's Dan Gana (15) leads the victory celebration after the Red Knights squeezed out a 14-11 win over Markham Marauders in the Metro Bowl(...)
      Charge! Northern's Dan Gana (15) leads the victory celebration after the Red Knights squeezed out a 14-11 win over Markham Marauders in the Metro Bowl(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      11/21/1990
      Under Guard: So bad in Somalia that an armed guard defends an orphanage against marauders
      Under Guard: So bad in Somalia that an armed guard defends an orphanage against marauders
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/2/1992
      Argonaut Jim Rountree gives football tips to Amy Croake
      Argonaut Jim Rountree gives football tips to Amy Croake
      Feeny, Edwin
      10/27/1961
      Of the mercers lately: David French (top) and Bill Glassco with Zach Bennett (left) and Darryl Flatman in a scene from the fourth Mercer play, 1949, which opens tonight
      Of the mercers lately: David French (top) and Bill Glassco with Zach Bennett (left) and Darryl Flatman in a scene from the fourth Mercer play, 1949, which opens tonight
      Bock, Tony
      10/10/1988
      Relax, guys, there's nothing to fear about facials, manicures, pedicures or any of that stuff you figure is strictly women's domain. So open your mind(...)
      Relax, guys, there's nothing to fear about facials, manicures, pedicures or any of that stuff you figure is strictly women's domain. So open your mind(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      1/14/1992
      At Greenwood Raceway, out along Queen, the guys and girls who run the place bed down in track rooms and dream big
      At Greenwood Raceway, out along Queen, the guys and girls who run the place bed down in track rooms and dream big
      Goode, Jeff
      6/12/1990
      Mrs. George Crawford, a teacher at Grandview school, gives individual instruction to one of the girls in the science class. There's another school in (...)
      Mrs. George Crawford, a teacher at Grandview school, gives individual instruction to one of the girls in the science class. There's another school in (...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      1/31/1968
      Home of Mercer's son on Melbourne Ave
      Home of Mercer's son on Melbourne Ave
      Mercer, Andrew
      8/23/1933
      John Mercers house - Hamilton
      John Mercers house - Hamilton
      Mercer, Andrew
      8/24/1938
      Scrummy effort, Girls from Father Bressani tackle a Unionville player during a York Region high school rugby match yesterday. Father Bressani took it on the chin 30-0. Please see story on page C9
      Scrummy effort, Girls from Father Bressani tackle a Unionville player during a York Region high school rugby match yesterday. Father Bressani took it on the chin 30-0. Please see story on page C9
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/18/1991
      A member of Henry Carr's junior football team bows his head after losing to Michael Power
      A member of Henry Carr's junior football team bows his head after losing to Michael Power
      Bock, Tony
      11/12/1990
      Mel's Dolls: North York Mayor Mel Lastman was more than pleased to play a minor role in Guys and Dolls yesterday, as part of the Leah Posluns Theatre celebrity week
      Mel's Dolls: North York Mayor Mel Lastman was more than pleased to play a minor role in Guys and Dolls yesterday, as part of the Leah Posluns Theatre celebrity week
      Bock, Tony
      3/5/1983