Sport in Canada 4e, Related Websites: Chapter 06

 

Barbara Ann Scott Doll

This is a good overview of the Reliable Toy Company’s story of the Scott doll.

http://www.antique67.com/articles/BarbaraAnnScott_dolls/BarbaraAnnScott_dolls.php

 

Barbara Ann Scott Photo Gallery (click on ‘Photo Gallery’ under her picture)

The gallery of photos on Scott provided at this “Canoe” site is very good in terms of snap-shooting her during various stages of her career and post-career. Click on “Photo Gallery” under her picture.

http://www.canoe.ca/2002GamesBarbaraAnnScott/home.html

 

Canadian Olympic Website re Mark Tewksbury

This is the official Canadian Olympic website regarding Tewksbury’s athletic career.

http://olympic.ca/team-canada/mark-tewksbury/

 

Archives of Video Clips on Ben Johnson

This site is a series of CBC television and radio clips of the Ben Johnson Story. The site includes other sporting historical clips such as that of the Marilyn Bell swim of Lake Ontario in 1954.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/athletics/running-off-track-the-ben-johnson-story/topic---running-off-track-the-ben-johnson-story.html

 

Children’s Literature on Hanlan (Fire on the Water book by Wendy A. Lewis)

This is a link to a very well written biography of Hanlan, one intended for audiences who range in age from 10–15.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/vol14/no4/fireonthewater.html

 

Hanlan: Early Tobacco Card

This is an Australian perspective on Hanlan’s loss of his world championship status to Australian oarsman, William Beach in 1884; it features two early tobacco company-sponsored cards of the two scullers.

http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-pro-sculling/1884.php

 

Louis Cyr, celebrated in French Canada

This is the general site for a municipality in Quebec, one that has considerable claim to Cyr’s life and exploits as one of its residents. It celebrates his life and accomplishments and is written completely in French.

http://www.municipalitestjeandematha.qc.ca/louiscyr.html

 

Louis Cyr: Wikipedia

This is the Wikipedia information on Cyr. The links to various aspects of his career, his contemporaries, his feats, and resources about him are quite good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Cyr

 

National Film Board of Canada: The Hockey Sweater

This is a full version of the classic story—by Roch Carrier—<i>The Sweater</i>. The film is ten minutes in length and replete with hockey charm and lore.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater

 

Ned Hanlan: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

This site is the national sports hall of fame’s site devoted to profiling Hanlan’s career, biography, images, and so forth.

http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=163&catID=&lang=

 

Video of Mark Tewksbury’s gold medal swimming performance in Barcelona Olympic Games

A close-up filming of Tewksbury’s backstroke win in 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTfTyzkSzQs

 

YouTube’s Video of the Seoul Olympic Games 100-metre Final

This is the 100 meter final at the 1988 Olympic Games when Johnson soundly defeated his competitors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCh5QswxQ6k

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