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07-05-2014, 01:12 AM
http://i.cbc.ca/1.2697111.1404518118!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/bc-140706-bobbie-powell-jpg.jpg With Canadians seizing the spotlight at Wimbledon this week, some are recalling the man who was this country's first big tennis star. In 1908, Bobbie Powell made it all the way to the Wimbeldon men's semi-finals before his tennis career ended with his death in the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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