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Morning Throwback: before Brad Smith, the ladies all wanted a piece of this guy

By Brianne Hogan

Football player George H. Hees, between 1920-1940 (Toronto Archives: Fonds 1257, Series 1057, Item 3135)

Forget Brad Smith. Back in the mid-1900s, George H. Hees was the ultimate ladies’ man. Armed with a killer throw and a righteous ‘stache, Hees was the bees mother freaking knees. A rose? Hees gave out ghost orchids. A helicopter ride? Try a zeppelin. A hiatus? There was only one day when Hees wasn’t working his magic with a lady and that was the stock market crash of 1929.

 
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