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Tony Techko Collection University of Windsor Archives Accession Number 03‐008 Leddy Library Contents Biographical outline Page 1 Series descriptions Pages 2‐3 File list Pages 3‐47 Biographical Outline Anthony (Tony) Techko lived his life immersed in Windsor and Essex County sport. As an athlete, Techko played in two Windsor Federation Baseball League Championships in the 1940s and signed a professional contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team in 1948. He would later become a teacher and administrator at Forester, Herman, Riverside and Walkerville high schools in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Techko coached baseball and basketball, and was President of the Windsor Coaches Association and Windsor Secondary School Athletics, Secretary for South West Ontario Secondary School Athletics, a panel member for the University of Windsor Christmas Basketball Tournament, and an administrator at Windsor's International Coaches Clinic. Included in Techko’s legacy is his position as a founding member of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame. He was born in 1931 and died in 2000. Techko co‐authored the book The Olympians Among Us in 1995 with Carl Morgan. He regularly published articles pertaining to Windsor area sport heroes in Windsor This Month, a local magazine, and contributed numerous other works to publications such as the Financial Post. Some local sports heroes and events Techko wrote about include Assumption College’s double victories over the Harlem Globetrotters, baseball legend Justin Clarke, track great John Loaring, the Ford V8's and a piece titled “Assumptions Almighty Five” included in William Humber and John St. James’s book All I Thought About Was Baseball. Techko also served as the local sports authority on CBC Radio’s Morning Watch. This collection contains files created by Tony Techko consisting of newspaper articles, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia pertaining to athletes, organizations, and all facets of sports history in Windsor and Essex County. A biography section includes over one‐thousand files pertaining to various sports figures and Windsor/Essex County sports hall‐of‐famers. Also present are Techko’s supporting notes and numerous files demonstrative of his passion for his work and the organizations to which he was a member. An extensive collection charting the history of high school sport and a set of Walkerville Collegiate Vocational Institute Blue and White yearbooks dating back to the opening of the school in 1927 until 1983, highlight the value of this collection. Personal memoirs and effects from local sport personalities such as Elmer Skov and Bert Foote add a personal touch to the history of sport in Windsor and Essex County. 1 of 47 Tony Techko Collection University of Windsor Archives Accession Number 03‐008 Leddy Library Series Descriptions The Techko Collection consists of 14 subseries: Series 1: Tony Techko Personal (Files 1‐24) Research materials, charts, listings, and other background materials used by Techko in his sports writings. Techko’s personal speeches and poems. Series 2: Organizations: sport, historical, local, national, international (Files 25‐65) Information pertaining to sport and historical organizations to which Techko was a member or in which he had an interest. Series 3: Educational Institutions (Files 66‐101) Material pertaining to Windsor area educational institutions, with specific focus on Walkerville Collegiate Vocational Institute. Series 4: Chronology, 1900 to 1999 (Files 102‐210) Materials collected and chronologically organized focussing on the history of sport in Windsor and Essex County. Series 5: Windsor/Essex County History (Files 211‐238) Materials relevant to the general history of Windsor/Essex County. Of specific significance are the files outlining the local people and communities in the region. Series 6: Sports Halls of Fame (File 239‐262) This series embodies the essence of the region’s athletes. Various local, national and international halls of fame files acknowledge the athletic achievements of Windsor/Essex County. Series 7: Theses, Dissertations, Journals, and Media (Files 263‐277) Academic and non‐academic publications from local, national, and international journals and magazines. It also contains theses/dissertations by local individuals some of which concern Windsor/Essex County. Series 8: General Sports (Files 278‐398) Materials documenting the diverse sporting legacy of Windsor/Essex County. The series specifically focuses on the early development of sporting activity in the area. Series 9: Olympics and International Festivals (Files 399‐425) Materials outlining Canadian participation in international sport festivals, with a particular focus on Windsor/Essex County athletes. Series 10: Detroit (Files 426‐427) This series focuses on sport in Detroit, Michigan. Series 11: Miscellaneous (Files 428‐432) Material collected by Techko which is not encompassed by other series. 2 of 47 Tony Techko Collection University of Windsor Archives Accession Number 03‐008 Leddy Library Series 12: Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame (Files 433‐518) A partial collection of Windsor/Essex County Hall of Fame inductees. Series 13: Biographies (File 519‐1541) A biographical collection of significant sport figures of Windsor/Essex County. Series 14: Related Material (Files 1542‐1572) Other materials donated by Techko that are not included in previous series, including oversize items. File List File Box Series 1: Tony Techko Personal (Files 1‐24) 1 1 Early Days, 1971‐1991 ‐‐ History of the Windsor area used as reference material in Techko's writings 2 1 Evening of Olympians, Willistead Manor, 20 August 1990 ‐‐ Meeting of the Olympic Academy of Canada in Windsor, Ontario 3 1 Greats Sports Legacy, [1978] ‐‐ A Sports Who's Who of Essex County. Windsor This Months, June‐August 1989 4 1 Greats Sports Legacy, [1978] ‐‐ Techko, Tony. Sports: the Legacy Lives On. Financial Post, 4 March 1978 ‐‐ Techko's Windsor Sports Honour Roll 5 1 The King and the Golden Boy, n.d. ‐‐ Tony Techko's story of Joe Krol and Tony Golab, two 1930s Kennedy High School students, who went on to play in the CFL 6 1 Poems, 1955‐1990 ‐‐ Various poems collected or written by Tony Techko 7 1 Research material, 1998‐2002 ‐‐ Material used by Tony Techko for research purposes 8 1 Research material, 1980‐2000 ‐‐ Listings of Canadian champions from Windsor, prominent athletes from Windsor/Essex County and other research interests 9 1 Research material, 1969‐1992 ‐‐ Windsor/Essex County history and dated lists of sports‐ related accomplishments and athletes' profiles 10 1 Charts, n.d. ‐‐ Techko's charts mapping the history of highschool sport winners in Windsor/Essex County 11 1 Research material, 1990‐1996 ‐‐ Materials pertaining to Techko's general interest in sport 12 2 Rotary Club: Olympic Speech, 8 April 1996 ‐‐ "The Olympians Among Us. Speech delivered by Tony Techko at a Rotary Club function at the Caboto Club, in Windsor 13 2 Speaking Engagements, 1990 ‐‐ Correspondence regarding request for a speaking engagement ‐‐ Listing of speaking engagements in 1990 14 2 Sport in the Sunparlour, [1996] ‐‐ Techko's research on sport in the Sunparlour 15 2 They Came to play, 1981‐1989 ‐‐ Information for Techko's publication titled the same 16 2 Articles published by Tony Techko in Windsor This Month, n.d. ‐‐ Published materials about Windsor and Essex County athletes 17 2 Writing, [1985‐1992] ‐‐ Articles utilized to develop Techko's writing skills 18 2 Correspondence, addresses and notes, 1977‐1993 19 2 Handwritten list of Canadian quotes from Colombo's Canadian Quotations, [1975] 20 2 Commemorative medals, 1992 ‐‐ Correspondence, nominations, meeting minutes. File contains information regarding Techko's position as a member of the nominating committee of the Canada 125th anniversary medal presentation 3 of 47 Tony Techko Collection University of Windsor Archives Accession Number 03‐008 Leddy Library File Box Series 1: Tony Techko Personal (Files 1‐24) 21 2 Dates, n.d. ‐‐ Chronology of events regarding Windsor/Detroit history 22 2 Fundraising, 1988‐1989 ‐‐ Information regarding various fund‐raising initiatives 23 2 Interviews, [1989‐1990] ‐‐ Typed interviews with the CBE's Tony Doucette for the sports history segment of Morning Watch 24 2 Possible Book Titles, 1987 ‐‐ Notes kept by Techko in regards to potential titles for books File Box Series 2: Organizations: sport, historical, local, national, international (Files 25‐65) 25 2 Alpha Kai Omega Fraternity (AKO), 1958‐1989 ‐‐ Information regarding the AKO fraternity sports 26 2 Basketball Canada, 1982‐1994 ‐‐ Techko's correspondence with Basketball Canada 27 2 CBE Sports, 1990 ‐‐ Dated list of Techko's Sport History Series on CBC radio Windsor and the heading for each slot in 1990 28 2 Canadian Sport Council, 1995 ‐‐ Booklet titled Straight Talk: The Real Facts on Sport in Canada published by the Canadian Sport Council 29 2 Canadian Association for Sports Heritage (CASH), 1989 ‐‐ Correspondence with members of CASH and minutes of the 1989 annual general meeting 30 2 Club 240, n.d. ‐‐ Notes concerning the Club 240 cheerleading award presented at the University of Windsor Annual Basketball Tournament 31 2 Dawson scholarships, 1981‐1994 ‐‐ information re: Gladys and Edward Dawson Memorial Scholarship and its recipients 32 2 ECSSA, 1981 ‐‐ Notes pertaining to ECSSA championships won by Riverside Secondary School in Windsor 33 2 Editorial, 1975 ‐‐ Editorial interest in regards to a WSSA basketball decision to not allow females to play their