sports
Rain Or Shine
“Needless to say we were a family very into soccer and always ready for rainy conditions, even in the photo studio!”
(submitted by Anne)
A Spoonful
“This is me back in ’93 at the Brantford Skating Carnival. The show was beauty and the beast, and I was a piece of cutlery (a spoon). I had to wear a horrible white unitard, and everyone said I looked like a toilet seat. The worst part is when we were on the ice, it glowed in the dark!”
(submitted by Connie)
Goal
“At a family birthday party, I thought I would do the fatherly thing and play a little soccer with my daughter. As I approached her to try to steal the ball, she sent a rocket in my direction. I was okay after writhing on the ground for a few minutes. We switched to football for the rest of the afternoon.“
(submitted by Dan)
Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
“This is a photo of me and my family. For the record, my dad is not Ron Jeremy.”
(submitted by Daniel)
Blades Of Glory
“My younger brother in his ‘awkward yet fabulous’ phase. Please note the following:
1. Western-style shirt with Christmas-star-snowflake ornament….
2. One exposed skate (just to prove that you’re wearing skates?).
3. Indestructible plastic-frame glasses because, of course, the parents were worried about their child breaking the stylish/expensive ones.
4. Gold lamé fabric bringing out the most unsympathetic tones in the ginger kid’s skin and hair.”
(submitted by Laura)
Waiting To Exhale
“1978. I was sporting a Jimmy Connors haircut. I’ve filled out just a bit since then…”
(submitted by Stu)
The Cup
“1975. Little league. In the middle of a game, the league photographer showed up to snap our team photograph. That inning, I had been playing catcher and was wearing all of the catcher’s gear– chest protector, face mask, helmet, shin guards and of course, the team cup which I wore over the uniform. I forgot to remove something before the photograph was snapped and to this day, I believe the photographer got a helluva good laugh out of it.”
(submitted by Bob)
Runner Up
“This was a photo taken of my son and myself immediately after his undefeated flag football team lost in the championship game…I was pretty happy with the outcome…my son was not. Still one of my all time favorite photos.”
(submitted by Meade)
Burn It Like Beckham
“It was travel soccer that year and a family photographer thought the flame was a good idea.”
(submitted by Elliot)
