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Offside: The Harold Ballard Story

Ballard had his problems for a good part of the '70s, but in 1977,seemingly out of...

[narrator]
Ballard had his problems for a good part of the '70s, but in 1977,
seemingly out of nowhere, the best Leaf team
in a decade emerged

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Ballard had his problems
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for a good part of the '70s,
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but in 1977, seemingly out of nowhere,
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the best Leaf team in a decade emerged.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:21
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
Lone Eagle Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard -- Canada's greatest showman - He didn't invent greed. He perfected it.
That unexpectedly remarkable club featured - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
That unexpectedly remarkable club featured
A couple of blue-liners who could stack up - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
A couple of blue-liners who could stack up
He's a schoolteacher and he's a great man for detail - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
He's a schoolteacher and he's a great man for deta...
And I think he's a great man for everything - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
And I think he's a great man for everything
The Leafs were a contender against the Islanders - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
The Leafs were a contender against the Islanders
Lanny McDonald and the Leafs win it - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
Lanny McDonald and the Leafs win it
[Parrish] The greatest moment in Leaf history, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
[Parrish] The greatest moment in Leaf history,
But our team was so beat up, lost to Montreal - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
But our team was so beat up, lost to Montreal
And once he was done, they were pretty well cooked. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
And once he was done, they were pretty well cooked.
[Cherry] Now, when they beat out the Islanders, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
[Cherry] Now, when they beat out the Islanders,
And yet within 365 days of that, it had all fallen apart. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
And yet within 365 days of that, it had all fallen apart.
They just let everybody go and they got nothing. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
They just let everybody go and they got nothing.
[narrator] The following season, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[narrator] The following season,
[narrator] And Ballard knew exactly - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[narrator] And Ballard knew exactly
Neilson was a very different man from Harold Ballard. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Neilson was a very different man from Harold Ballard.
He was an intellectual. He read books with no pictures. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He was an intellectual. He read books with no pictures.
He had interests outside hockey. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He had interests outside hockey.
He tried to bring the 1970s - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
He tried to bring the 1970s
[Ormsby] And his nickname was "Captain Video" because, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:15
[Ormsby] And his nickname was "Captain Video" beca...
So I think, you know, there was some hope - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
So I think, you know, there was some hope