Lionel Conacher
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Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous spor
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Charlie Conacher
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Charles William "Big Bomber" Conacher Sr. was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and New York Americans in the National Hockey League.
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…and the third of ten children overall. He had four brothers and five sisters. The family grew up in the neighbourhood of Davenport, which his brother Charlie described as "one of Toronto's higher class slums". His father was a teamster, and struggled to earn enough money to support the family. In the winter…
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The Kid Line, featuring Conacher, Joe Primeau and Busher Jackson
Graves of Charlie and Roy Conacher at Mount Pleasant Cemetery