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Terry Fox
Terry Fox was an extremely important and influential Canadian that continues to be remembered yearly with the Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research, and he is taught in all Canadian schools as part of Canadian History.
326 Questions
Where Terry Fox top running before or after thunder bay?
Terry Fox stopped running outside of Thunder Bay when the cancer spread to his lungs
What did Terry Fox do in his early life?
He was an enthusiastic athlete, playing soccer, rugby and baseball as a child.[5] His passion was for basketball and though he stood only five feet tall and was a poor player at the time, Fox sought to make his school team in grade eight. His physical education teacher and basketball coach at Mary Hill Junior High School felt he was better suited to be a distance runner and encouraged him to take up the sport. Fox had no desire for cross-country running, but took it up because he respected and wanted to please his coach.[6] He was determined to continue playing basketball, even if he was the last substitute on the team. Fox played only one minute in his grade eight season but dedicated his summers to improving his play. He became a regular player in grade nine and earned a starting position in grade ten.[7] In grade 12, he won his high school's athlete of the year award jointly with his best friend Doug Alward.[2]
What is Terry Fox Secondary School's motto?
The motto of Terry Fox Secondary School is 'We Pursue Excellence'.
How much money did Terry Fox raise before he died?
he raised 2 million on his run and a telethon by ctv when he was in the hospital raised over 10 million
Terry Fox had cancer called Osteogenic Sarcoma, which spread to his lungs.
No he wouldn't have but he would have lived longer but he believed he could do it and he didn't want to die from running but he did.
The cancer terry had, he might not have survived from it because there was a 50% survival rate.
What part of Terry Foxes body did he get cancer in?
terry fox found out that he had cancer in 1977 when he was only 19 yrs old and in april 1980 was when he dicided that he would run across canada to raise money for cancer reasearch because he did not want anyine elce to have what he had
yea he did but obviously he was trying to raise money to save other people and if there was enough, for himself
What are three strong character traits of Terry Fox?
Courageous
It takes a lot of courage for someone who has had a leg amputated to try and run across Canada and raise money not knowing of you will succeed or fail.
Compassionate
Terry did whatever it took to heal the hurts of others. In this case cancer hurts a lot of people and Terry knew he would make a change by raising money for research
Initiative
Knows what needs to be done and doing it without someone telling him too. Terry decided all by himself he was going to raise money by running.
Leadership!
Inspired people to run and raise money for cancer.
