Bob Attersley, c.1957
Description
- Creator
- Lloyd Robertson, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white portrait photograph of Bob Attersley in his Whitby Dunlops uniform. Attersley played centre on the Whitby Dunlops hockey team.
- Notes
- Bob Attersley was born at Oshawa on 13 August 1933. A skilled hockey player, he was a member of the Oshawa Generals and the Whitby Dunlops; he won a world championship with the latter in 1958. In 1960, he represented Canada at the winter Olympics and won a silver medal with the Kitchener Waterloo Dutchmen.
In 1958, Attersley moved to Whitby and in 1964 was elected to the Town Council. He served as deputy reeve from 1966-1969 and regional councillor from 1978-1980. He was elected mayor of Whitby in November 1980 and served as chair of the Durham Regional Police Services Board from 1983-1991. He retired from local politics in November 1991.
Bob Attersley died on 12 March 2010.
- Date of Original
- c.1957
- Dimensions
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Width: 8 cm
Height: 10 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 21-007-036
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Bob Attersley, c.1957, Lloyd Robertson, Whitby Archives, 21-007-036.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy print.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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