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Oldest and Youngest Lacrosse Players

Collection
Sport

Photo of a 1916 Weekly Times newspaper clipping with the oldest and youngest lacrosse players in Victoria at the time – at 11 years old, the youngest is Willie Hately, who is Deaf

Source
MS 13362. Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria

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MS 13362. Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria

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