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Winning smiles: Sharing the spoils of the first Frederick Big Daddy Gardiner award for community service are Johnny Lombardi, right, founder of CHIN Radio, Fern Alexander, Metro's first woman constable and Bob Rumball, who accepted for former heavyweight wrestling champ Whipper Billy Watson
Winning smiles: Sharing the spoils of the first Frederick Big Daddy Gardiner award for community service are Johnny Lombardi, right, founder of CHIN Radio, Fern Alexander, Metro's first woman constable and Bob Rumball, who accepted for former heavyweight wrestling champ Whipper Billy Watson

Winning smiles: Sharing the spoils of the first Frederick Big Daddy Gardiner award for community service are Johnny Lombardi, right, founder of CHIN Radio, Fern Alexander, Metro's first woman constable and Bob Rumball, who accepted for former heavyweight wrestling champ Whipper Billy Watson

Date5/24/1984
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0063659F
    Give it an 'udder' try, Johnny! One of Metro's best-known Italians, CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, tried his hand in a milking contest at the Woodbridge Fall Fair yesterday
    Give it an 'udder' try, Johnny! One of Metro's best-known Italians, CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, tried his hand in a milking contest at the Woodbridge Fall Fair yesterday
    Bock, Tony
    10/8/1983
    Give it an 'udder' try, Johnny! One of Metro's best-known Italians, CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, tried his hand in a milking contest at the Woodbridge Fall FAir yesterday
    Give it an 'udder' try, Johnny! One of Metro's best-known Italians, CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, tried his hand in a milking contest at the Woodbridge Fall FAir yesterday
    Bock, Tony
    10/8/1983
    One for all . . . and all for Whipper Billy. Whipper Billy Watson, second from right, is surrounded by old friends. Left to right are wrestling refere(...)
    One for all . . . and all for Whipper Billy. Whipper Billy Watson, second from right, is surrounded by old friends. Left to right are wrestling refere(...)
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    4/25/1975
    La Via Sophia: More rapturous fans crowded around Sophia Loren today as the Italian actress unveiled a plaque on the wall of Johnny Lombardi's radio station CHIN on College St
    La Via Sophia: More rapturous fans crowded around Sophia Loren today as the Italian actress unveiled a plaque on the wall of Johnny Lombardi's radio station CHIN on College St
    Beaty, Keith
    10/29/1979
    Johnny Lombardi in front of CHIN radio 1966. Toronto, Ont.
    Johnny Lombardi in front of CHIN radio 1966. Toronto, Ont.
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    6/2/1966
    Taking off in a good cause, Johnny Lombardi of radio station CHIN gives trampoline a try yesterday at kickoff festivities for Metro United Way campaign at Dufferin Mall
    Taking off in a good cause, Johnny Lombardi of radio station CHIN gives trampoline a try yesterday at kickoff festivities for Metro United Way campaign at Dufferin Mall
    Lennon, Frank
    8/20/1976
    Founding Father of the annual International picnic on Toronto Island - it's on this weekend - is Johnny Lombardi (seated, left), resident of radio CHIN, the multi-cultural station that broadcasts in 33 languages
    Founding Father of the annual International picnic on Toronto Island - it's on this weekend - is Johnny Lombardi (seated, left), resident of radio CHIN, the multi-cultural station that broadcasts in 33 languages
    Bull, Ron
    7/4/1974
    Johnny Lombardi may not be able to get radio towers on Toronto Islands for his CHIN station, but he can get thousands of Metro citizens there for his annual picnics
    Johnny Lombardi may not be able to get radio towers on Toronto Islands for his CHIN station, but he can get thousands of Metro citizens there for his annual picnics
    Geo, Mario
    7/5/1972
    Making a splash: Lake Ontrio swimmer Paulo Pinto is welcomed at Ontario Place by CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, right, and long-distance swimmer Vicki Keith
    Making a splash: Lake Ontrio swimmer Paulo Pinto is welcomed at Ontario Place by CHIN Radio's Johnny Lombardi, right, and long-distance swimmer Vicki Keith
    Rankin, Jim
    7/29/1990
    Whipper. Billy Watson clowns around with Rick Stemboat and Dino Bravo at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. It was Whipper Watson Appreciation Night and h(...)
    Whipper. Billy Watson clowns around with Rick Stemboat and Dino Bravo at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. It was Whipper Watson Appreciation Night and h(...)
    Darrell, Dick
    12/17/1978
    Getting ready: It will soon be CHIN-Molson International Picnic time again, and CHIN President Johnny Lombardi seems to be having as good a time with the Miss CHIN Bikini prospects as he will at the picnic itself
    Getting ready: It will soon be CHIN-Molson International Picnic time again, and CHIN President Johnny Lombardi seems to be having as good a time with the Miss CHIN Bikini prospects as he will at the picnic itself
    Lombardi, Johnny
    6/22/1982
    Sports Figures, left to right, wrestling promoter Frank Tunney, former NHL referee Carl Voss, hockey great Rocket Richard, and wrestler Whipper BIlly (...)
    Sports Figures, left to right, wrestling promoter Frank Tunney, former NHL referee Carl Voss, hockey great Rocket Richard, and wrestler Whipper BIlly (...)
    Barkley, Harold
    5/8/1969