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Left, boxing great Sammy Luftspring with Craig Russell, in pink tights and sequined matching top, and TV Ontario casting director George Bourne
Left, boxing great Sammy Luftspring with Craig Russell, in pink tights and sequined matching top, and TV Ontario casting director George Bourne

Left, boxing great Sammy Luftspring with Craig Russell, in pink tights and sequined matching top, and TV Ontario casting director George Bourne

Date12/15/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Left, boxing great Sammy Luftspring with Craig Russell, in pink tights and sequined matching top, and TV Ontario casting director George Bourne.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0078108F
    Mr. T's a knockout on boxing set, The A-Team's Mr. T was decked out in gym trunks and tiger-striped tights for yesterday's filming of a TV pilot, a co(...)
    Mr. T's a knockout on boxing set, The A-Team's Mr. T was decked out in gym trunks and tiger-striped tights for yesterday's filming of a TV pilot, a co(...)
    Mahler, John
    3/10/1987
    Sammy Luftspring former Guardian boxing Champion
    Sammy Luftspring former Guardian boxing Champion
    Brennan, Pat
    2/26/1973
    Sammy Luftspring (left) Joe Krol Hannag Eckler
    Sammy Luftspring (left) Joe Krol Hannag Eckler
    Luftspring, Sammy
    11/21/1994
    I'm a ham' says Sammy Luftspring, the legendary Canadian boxer who came out of retirement to greet patrons at Eddie's Ed Mirvish's new King St
    I'm a ham' says Sammy Luftspring, the legendary Canadian boxer who came out of retirement to greet patrons at Eddie's Ed Mirvish's new King St
    Darrell, Dick
    4/5/1984
    It's all over, Referee Sammy Luftspring steps in to end fight last night as Toronto's Don Poole stands over Bobby Bascombe of Brantford after only 47 seconds of the first round
    It's all over, Referee Sammy Luftspring steps in to end fight last night as Toronto's Don Poole stands over Bobby Bascombe of Brantford after only 47 seconds of the first round
    Loek, Dick
    1/27/1981
    Luftspring, Sammy
    Luftspring, Sammy
    Darrell, Dick
    4/5/1984
    Berlin protest: Former Canadian welterweight champion Sammy Luftspring boycotted the 1936 Olympics in Berlin because our Jewish brothers and sisters were being treated worse than dogs by Hitler
    Berlin protest: Former Canadian welterweight champion Sammy Luftspring boycotted the 1936 Olympics in Berlin because our Jewish brothers and sisters were being treated worse than dogs by Hitler
    Luftspring, Sammy
    4/30/1980
    Luftspring, Sammy
    Luftspring, Sammy
    Luftspring, Sammy
    4/30/1980
    Sammy Luftspring. Says onus on the ref
    Sammy Luftspring. Says onus on the ref
    Lennon, Frank
    1/9/1974
    4. Model Amy Cable is stylish in a James Yunker shorts-jumper, Comrags tights. Cap, North, knapsack, Gucci, skates, Rollerblade
    4. Model Amy Cable is stylish in a James Yunker shorts-jumper, Comrags tights. Cap, North, knapsack, Gucci, skates, Rollerblade
    Loek, Dick
    5/28/1992
    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(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    1/16/1981
    Paul Young is no hard rocker. In Western-frill leather jacket and bum-hugging tights Friday night, Young was rock's soft-eyed boy of summer, and seems destined to remain so
    Paul Young is no hard rocker. In Western-frill leather jacket and bum-hugging tights Friday night, Young was rock's soft-eyed boy of summer, and seems destined to remain so
    Dunlop, Al
    2/27/1987