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Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet
Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet

Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet

Date7/2/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bob Raftis soars over bar with ease at North York meet. He became first in east to better the 15-foot pole vault barrier.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0075263F
    The plight of a pole-vaulter. It was the darkest moment in Bob Raftis' amateur career when the Toronto pole-vaulter failed to clear 15 feet at the Canada Games. It cost him first place
    The plight of a pole-vaulter. It was the darkest moment in Bob Raftis' amateur career when the Toronto pole-vaulter failed to clear 15 feet at the Canada Games. It cost him first place
    Raftis, Bob
    8/25/1969
    Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
    Up and over: American Dan O'Brien soars over the pole vault bar on his way to winning the heptathlon competition
    Loek, Dick
    3/10/1993
    Cool dudes, clockwise from top right, Colleen Murphy, 16, Steve Gill, 16, Tracey Raftis, 16, Denise Lassaline, 16, Judy Demers, 16, Steven Pirso, 15, Kim Nadeau, 16, Brad Harris 14
    Cool dudes, clockwise from top right, Colleen Murphy, 16, Steve Gill, 16, Tracey Raftis, 16, Denise Lassaline, 16, Judy Demers, 16, Steven Pirso, 15, Kim Nadeau, 16, Brad Harris 14
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    8/29/1986
    Debbie Brill soars to success in Star meet last night
    Debbie Brill soars to success in Star meet last night
    Brill, Debbie
    2/1/1980
    Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
    Up . . . and over. Ian Millar, on B oses his cap as he soars over a jump in the final tests for the ian Olympic Equestrian team at Varsity Stadium yes(...)
    Bull, Ron
    7/15/1972
    Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
    Mrs. Gerald soars, left, Mrs. Bryan Bonthron make sure their youngsters enjoy sun. Mrs. Soars lives in one of development's maisonettes. Bonthrons hav(...)
    Teskey, Frank
    7/9/1965
    The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields
    The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields
    Loek, Dick
    5/2/1974
    Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
    Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
    Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
    8/29/1986
    Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
    Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
    Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Snowbirds
    8/29/1986
    Doug Wood: Soars to Canadian and Commonwealth pole vault mark
    Doug Wood: Soars to Canadian and Commonwealth pole vault mark
    Dunlop, Al
    3/15/1992
    Soars above them all - B.T. Babbitt's Best Soap and Powder
    Soars above them all - B.T. Babbitt's Best Soap and Powder
    Bufford
    1870 circa
    Price of Automotive junk soars to $100 a Ton, This heap of junked cars on the Cherry St
    Price of Automotive junk soars to $100 a Ton, This heap of junked cars on the Cherry St
    Spremo, Boris
    8/30/1974