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  1. walls-to-the-ball: “Between 1915 and 1940 the amazing Edmonton Grads dominated women’s basketball in Canada. Coached by J. Percy Page, they played over 400 official games, losing only 20; they travelled more than 125,000 miles in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and they crossed the Atlantic three times to defend their world title at exhibition games held in conjunction with the Summer Olympics in Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin…”  [CTV interview: http://tinyurl.com/6pxg5aq] (Image found in the Toronto Public Library picture archives.)

    walls-to-the-ball:

    “Between 1915 and 1940 the amazing Edmonton Grads dominated women’s basketball in Canada. Coached by J. Percy Page, they played over 400 official games, losing only 20; they travelled more than 125,000 miles in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and they crossed the Atlantic three times to defend their world title at exhibition games held in conjunction with the Summer Olympics in Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin…” 

    [CTV interview: http://tinyurl.com/6pxg5aq]

    (Image found in the Toronto Public Library picture archives.)

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      Long before the Oiler or Eskimo dynasty years, these ladies earned Edmonton the title of City of Champions.
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