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With a cigarette, Ted Roach is in the front of the escort boat as his daughter Debbie swims the lake Saturday
With a cigarette, Ted Roach is in the front of the escort boat as his daughter Debbie swims the lake Saturday

With a cigarette, Ted Roach is in the front of the escort boat as his daughter Debbie swims the lake Saturday

Date8/17/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: With a cigarette, Ted Roach is in the front of the escort boat as his daughter Debbie swims the lake Saturday. He smoked three packs during the swim - but he had agreed to give up smoking of Debbie made it across. I'm going to keep my promise he says. I'll be give him gum, Debbie announced.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0076414F
    Exhausted Angela Kondrak collapses after conquering Lake Ontario, watched by Barbara Loreno, 46, left, Oshawa grandmother who failed in her bid to swim the lake and Debbie Roach, who swam lake in relays with family
    Exhausted Angela Kondrak collapses after conquering Lake Ontario, watched by Barbara Loreno, 46, left, Oshawa grandmother who failed in her bid to swim the lake and Debbie Roach, who swam lake in relays with family
    Griffin, Doug
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    Training to swim Lake Ontario next month, 18-year-old Joe Schnittker of Oakville swims in Oakville harbor under the watchful eyes of his coach, Jim Cl(...)
    Dinsmore, Ted
    7/15/1975
    Showing concern, Cynthia Anigacz, a friend, and coach Art Dufresne (with whistle) watch from the escort boat as 14-year-old Angela Kondrak made her determined attempt to become the youngest person ever to swim Lake Ontario
    Showing concern, Cynthia Anigacz, a friend, and coach Art Dufresne (with whistle) watch from the escort boat as 14-year-old Angela Kondrak made her determined attempt to become the youngest person ever to swim Lake Ontario
    Kondrak, Angela
    8/19/1974
    Swims for life: Jim Kinlin, a 56-year-old cancer victim, swims another mile in his seven-year marathon for leukemia research
    Swims for life: Jim Kinlin, a 56-year-old cancer victim, swims another mile in his seven-year marathon for leukemia research
    Dunlop, Alan
    1/26/1983
    Keeping part of a promise he made five years ago, Solicitor-General George Kenr swims (left) in the murky waters of Burlington Bay Saturday, but he ad(...)
    Keeping part of a promise he made five years ago, Solicitor-General George Kenr swims (left) in the murky waters of Burlington Bay Saturday, but he ad(...)
    Kerr, George Akbert, 1924-2007
    8/24/1975
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    Keeping part of a promise he made five years ago, Solicitor-General George Kenr swims (left) in the murky waters of Burlington Bay Saturday, but he ad(...)
    Kerr, George Akbert, 1924-2007
    8/24/1975
    The first swimmer to conquer Lake Ontario this year, 17-year-old Debbie Roach of Mississauga, gets a hug from her grandmother Edith Roach as her fathe(...)
    The first swimmer to conquer Lake Ontario this year, 17-year-old Debbie Roach of Mississauga, gets a hug from her grandmother Edith Roach as her fathe(...)
    Lennon, Frank
    8/17/1975
    Pensioner swims mile a day: Frank Cooper (middle), 78, swims at least a mile a day this month to raise money for Mississauga Heart Fund. Fund chairman Jack Kehoe (left), Cooper, and Seth Taylor, of Mississauga Real Estate Board, hold $1,000 cheque to fund raised by board's sponsorship of Cooper's swim.
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    Calleja, Frank
    2/21/1974
    By obsessively publicizing these idiotic lake swims, The Star makes Torontonians parochial, reader below says
    By obsessively publicizing these idiotic lake swims, The Star makes Torontonians parochial, reader below says
    Griffin, Doug
    8/4/1976
    Pretty Posh accommodation, Mr. Ospher decides as he settles into the 700-gallon tank at metro Zoo and swims among the vegetation from his IndoMalaysia(...)
    Pretty Posh accommodation, Mr. Ospher decides as he settles into the 700-gallon tank at metro Zoo and swims among the vegetation from his IndoMalaysia(...)
    Bull, Ron
    2/26/1975
    Hilary Matte made of iron - She swims, bikes runs triathlon
    Hilary Matte made of iron - She swims, bikes runs triathlon
    Griffin, Doug
    9/12/1985
    Our newest hero, Baumann swims to world record
    Our newest hero, Baumann swims to world record
    Baumann, Alex
    1/26/1982