Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Legal route next, Greg Neeld, who lost an eye in 1973, looks over helmet which he hopes may help him earn berth in NHL
Legal route next, Greg Neeld, who lost an eye in 1973, looks over helmet which he hopes may help him earn berth in NHL

Legal route next, Greg Neeld, who lost an eye in 1973, looks over helmet which he hopes may help him earn berth in NHL

Date6/11/1975
Names
(photographer)
(subject)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Legal route next, Greg Neeld, who lost an eye in 1973, looks over helmet which he hopes may help him earn berth in NHL. Yesterday, NHL governors voted against changing bylaw which would have allowed him to join Buffalo.
Medium
Photographs
Language
    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0070508F
    Passport to NHL? Greg Neeld, former Marlboro defenceman who lost an eye in 1973, demonstrates special face mask which he hopes will convince National (...)
    Passport to NHL? Greg Neeld, former Marlboro defenceman who lost an eye in 1973, demonstrates special face mask which he hopes will convince National (...)
    Bull, Ron
    6/11/1975
    Greg Neeld is back. Greg Neeld played his first game yesterday with Toronto Marlboros after his left eye was removed in December after being hit by a stick during game
    Greg Neeld is back. Greg Neeld played his first game yesterday with Toronto Marlboros after his left eye was removed in December after being hit by a stick during game
    Goode, Jeff
    2/1/1974
    Greg Neeld, whose left eye was removed in an operation after he was struck by a hockey stick in a game at Kitchener, watches the last few minutes of a(...)
    Greg Neeld, whose left eye was removed in an operation after he was struck by a hockey stick in a game at Kitchener, watches the last few minutes of a(...)
    Neeld, Greg
    12/23/1973
    Shall We Dance? Or do you want a look at my face mask? That's what Greg Neeld (6) appears to be asking Edmonton's Dan Spring during last night's game (...)
    Shall We Dance? Or do you want a look at my face mask? That's what Greg Neeld (6) appears to be asking Edmonton's Dan Spring during last night's game (...)
    Lennon, Frank
    12/26/1975
    On His Lonely Vigil, shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic, the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth (...)
    On His Lonely Vigil, shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic, the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth (...)
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    1/20/1977
    Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.
    Hairy suitor: Aussie, the hairy-nosed wombat, is on loan to Metro Toronto Zoo from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo - in hopes he'll find a mate. Come next June, he may be leading Sunday tours with the zoo's director-to-be, Peter Crowcroft, also from Australia.
    Combs, Erin
    8/4/1980
    Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
    Greg Adams has written the lyrics for almost 100 commercial jingles and well over 100 pop love songs in the past five years. He earns a comfortable li(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    1/2/1977
    Greg Neeld
    Greg Neeld
    Neeld, Greg
    12/11/1973
    Greg Neeld
    Greg Neeld
    Goode, Jeff
    2/1/1974
    Harry Arthurs, the new dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, believes legal education faces increasing criticism-and he hopes to head it off
    Harry Arthurs, the new dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, believes legal education faces increasing criticism-and he hopes to head it off
    Arthurs, H. W. (Harry William), 1935-
    3/11/1972
    Careful, forwards, NHL players might be wise to give Mike Palmateer a wide berth
    Careful, forwards, NHL players might be wise to give Mike Palmateer a wide berth
    Darrell, Dick
    8/11/1980
    Working for job: Sterling Hinds of Mississauga hopes to earn a starting job at the tailback position with the Argonauts this season
    Working for job: Sterling Hinds of Mississauga hopes to earn a starting job at the tailback position with the Argonauts this season
    Faught, Ken
    4/12/1985