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Percy Williams, 1928

ancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 13295. 1928 Percy Williams Raised high by cheering teammates, gold medalist Percy Williams of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­had won both the 200 and 100-metre dash at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 13295.ancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 13295.

1928

Percy Williams

Raised high by cheering teammates, gold medalist Percy Williams of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­had won both the 200 and 100-metre dash at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. When he returned to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­he was greeted with a waste-paper parade (the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­equivalent of a ticker- tape parade) on Granville Street.

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