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Barbara Howard s trailblazing running career was cut short by war. Then her story was all but forgotten Karin Larsen © Submitted by the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame Barbara Howard: left, in her Britannia High School track and field photo, late 1930s; centre, showing her devotion to the Vancouver Canucks, Howard was especially fond of the Sedin twins; right, in an undated photo. Barbara Howard received her share of awards and accolades in her lifetime, but recognition of the trailblazing sprinter arrived late, decades after her running days were finished.  Born in 1920 into a family with deep Vancouver roots, Howard grew up at 10th Avenue and Nanaimo Street in the city s eastside Grandview neighbourhood. 

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