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1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?
1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?

1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?

Date4/17/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: 1990. The new decade dawns with a most familiar figure, Ernie Whitt, gone from the Toronto sports scene. Who knows what the future may hold?
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0089155F
    Feet first: Ernie Whitt, left, of the Toronto Blue Jays, has an impression of his foot taken by Glenn Copeland, president of the Feet First store, which will offer physiotherapy for feet as well as sports shoes and custom-made shoe inserts.
    Feet first: Ernie Whitt, left, of the Toronto Blue Jays, has an impression of his foot taken by Glenn Copeland, president of the Feet First store, which will offer physiotherapy for feet as well as sports shoes and custom-made shoe inserts.
    Faught, Ken
    1/21/1987
    A couple of celebrities: Newly re-signed Toronto Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt talks to another distinguished guest last night at the 36th annual Conn SMythe Sports Celebrities Dinner
    A couple of celebrities: Newly re-signed Toronto Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt talks to another distinguished guest last night at the 36th annual Conn SMythe Sports Celebrities Dinner
    Combs, Erin
    2/5/1987
    Ernie Whitt: Right, Blue Jays catcher and sports category winner has conservative tastes
    Ernie Whitt: Right, Blue Jays catcher and sports category winner has conservative tastes
    Mahler, John
    11/2/1987
    By Dawn's early light: An early morning training gallop starts the process of getting the horses ready for the Greenwood opening
    By Dawn's early light: An early morning training gallop starts the process of getting the horses ready for the Greenwood opening
    Lennon, Frank
    2/4/1990
    Author, editor, playwright, former newspaper publisher, and former master of University of Toronto's Massey College, Robertson Davies, 72, is Canada's most renowned man of letters. Who knows what thoughts of genius are brewing in Davies' mind
    Author, editor, playwright, former newspaper publisher, and former master of University of Toronto's Massey College, Robertson Davies, 72, is Canada's most renowned man of letters. Who knows what thoughts of genius are brewing in Davies' mind
    Davies, Robertson, 1913-1995
    1/7/1986
    Hey, don't I know you? It's a strange sight for Blue Jay fans (and for veteran catcher Ernie Whitt)
    Hey, don't I know you? It's a strange sight for Blue Jay fans (and for veteran catcher Ernie Whitt)
    Slaughter, Mike
    6/14/1988
    Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
    Artificial versifying, or, The school-boy's recreation : a new way to make Latin verses : whereby any one of ordinary capacity, that only knows the A.B.C. and can count 9 (though he understands not one word of Latin, or what a verse means) may be plainly taught, (and in as little a time as this is reading over, ) how to make hundreds of hexameter verses, which shall be true Latin, true verse, and good sense. Never before publish'd
    John Sims
    1677
    Hello to a fan: Peggy Visser has come south from Toronto's Parkdale district to see the Blue Jays in action, and here she says hello to catcher Ernie Whitt, who's dressed for Florida
    Hello to a fan: Peggy Visser has come south from Toronto's Parkdale district to see the Blue Jays in action, and here she says hello to catcher Ernie Whitt, who's dressed for Florida
    Cooper, David
    2/24/1986
    Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt holds his forehead in mock horror today as ace relief pitcher Bill Caudill takes a turn as a relief driver on a TTC bus (...)
    Blue Jays catcher Ernie Whitt holds his forehead in mock horror today as ace relief pitcher Bill Caudill takes a turn as a relief driver on a TTC bus (...)
    Caudill, William Holland "Bill", 1956-
    4/15/1985
    Miles of smiles: George Bell, above right, who disrupted spring training last year with his complaints about being made a designated hitter, and Ernie Whitt show off the new Blue Jay attitude
    Miles of smiles: George Bell, above right, who disrupted spring training last year with his complaints about being made a designated hitter, and Ernie Whitt show off the new Blue Jay attitude
    Bell, George, 1959-
    4/2/1989
    No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts
    No one knows how old they are or who created these stone figures at the Bay theatre at Queen and Bay Sts
    Geo, Mario
    7/9/1965
    It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
    It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
    Bull, Ron
    10/29/1976