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King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was alw(...)
King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was alw(...)

King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was alw(...)

Date1/16/1981
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  • King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was alw(...)
  • King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was always the guy who loved to be hated, although that image is changing
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Original Toronto Star caption: King Kong's capers. Angelo Mosca - King Kong in black tights - wrestles for a living. At 6-foot-5,300 pounds, the former football star says he was always the guy who loved to be hated, although that image is changing
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0069635F
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    Angelo Mosca, once the most feared lineman in Canadian football, now is the bloodied King Kong, the hero of wrestling fanatics
    Angelo Mosca, once the most feared lineman in Canadian football, now is the bloodied King Kong, the hero of wrestling fanatics
    Griffin, Doug
    11/13/1966
    In contrast to Hong Kong's busy harbor, visitors can escape to the New Territories, which separates Hong Kong from China
    In contrast to Hong Kong's busy harbor, visitors can escape to the New Territories, which separates Hong Kong from China
    Bryant, George
    5/30/1987
    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
    Above left, Winston Kong's ruched and ruffled silk taffeta sheath ad stole, $1,600 at Winston, shoes, Gerard
    Above left, Winston Kong's ruched and ruffled silk taffeta sheath ad stole, $1,600 at Winston, shoes, Gerard
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    4/20/1987
    Hong Kong's other side, far from the camera-cluttered shops of the main streets, can be seen by tourists who pick up a pamphlet outlining six walks th(...)
    Hong Kong's other side, far from the camera-cluttered shops of the main streets, can be seen by tourists who pick up a pamphlet outlining six walks th(...)
    Bryant, George
    12/31/1977
    Hong Kong's Toronto jockey
    Hong Kong's Toronto jockey
    Goode, Jeff
    10/18/1988
    Top: Hong Kong's floating towns, where people live and die at sea, is a feature of the world's most spectacular city and its harbor
    Top: Hong Kong's floating towns, where people live and die at sea, is a feature of the world's most spectacular city and its harbor
    Bryant, George
    12/28/1974
    Normad: Randy Halsall, 6-foot-3 and 255 pounds, has been around in the football wars, with stops at four different CFL cities
    Normad: Randy Halsall, 6-foot-3 and 255 pounds, has been around in the football wars, with stops at four different CFL cities
    Bull, Ron
    9/18/1973
    The man inside King Kong in the 1933 movie, Carmen Nigro, says he hopes Dino de Laurentiis, who is producing a new version, won't turn the pre-histori(...)
    The man inside King Kong in the 1933 movie, Carmen Nigro, says he hopes Dino de Laurentiis, who is producing a new version, won't turn the pre-histori(...)
    Goode, Jeff
    3/30/1976
    Some mountain man, Angelo Mosca, renews his own private war with argonauts in next friday's football opener
    Some mountain man, Angelo Mosca, renews his own private war with argonauts in next friday's football opener
    Mosca, Angelo
    5/26/1966
    Raccoon capers: A trio of raccoons at the Toronto Humane Society - just three of hundreds brought in every year - are supervised by Allyson Handson, wildlife rehabilitation officer
    Raccoon capers: A trio of raccoons at the Toronto Humane Society - just three of hundreds brought in every year - are supervised by Allyson Handson, wildlife rehabilitation officer
    McConnell, Colin
    10/23/1989
    Ice capers
    Ice capers
    Spremo, Boris
    3/5/1984