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Available through: Mississauga Sports Council 905.896.5853 Mississauga Heritage Foundation 905.828.8411 The Mississauga News 905.273.8111 $43.00 (tax included) Make cheques payable to Sports Heritage. Makes a great gift!
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Birth to Millennium: Mississauga's Sports Heritage Author: Mike Toth 
By history's measure Mississauga is a city still in its bootees, a young kid on the block, but heir to a rich sporting tradition. People in what is now Mississauga were participating in recreational and leisure activities, playing games for fun, competing in more meaningful fashion or pursuing excellence in various forms, long before political interests decided that bigger is better and merged villages and small towns into one vast city. Long before the dawn of a new millennium, there were Olympians and Olympic glory, world champions, Stanely Cup and Grey Cup winners in what was to become Canada's sixth largest city. This book is a tip of the hat to all of Mississauga's good sports big and small.
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Award winning journalist Mike Toth has lived in Mississauga since 1968. As Sports Editor of both The Mississauga News and Mississauga Times - and long time Editor of the Mississauga News - he covered events and athlets at local arenas and playing fields, Olympic Games and World Championships. Over a career spanning near a half-century, he was also the Editor of North American Soccer, World Sports News, and Telesport; and copy editor for The Toronto Star and Hamilton Spectator. Mike is involved in Mississauga's community in general, particularly in sports, arts and heritage. Amoung others, he was a founder of the Mississauga Sports Awards Dinner, Chair of the Mississauga Sports Council steering committee, and founding Chair of the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame. He is a director of the Mississauga Sports Council and is on the selection panel for Canada's Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1978, he was chosen Sportswriter of the Year by the Sports Federation of Canada. Born in Hungary, Mike escaped following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He and his wife Edna have four children and eight grandchildren.
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