Rick Hansen: The Man in Motion Tour 1987

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Rick Hansen was greeted with applause as his Man in Motion tour left Ontario and entered Manitoba.
Glenn Olsen / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
Falcon Lake, MB - January 16, 1987 — Rick Hansen was greeted with applause as his Man in Motion tour left Ontario and entered Manitoba. Glenn Olsen / Winnipeg Free Press Archives Falcon Lake, MB - January 16, 1987

Rick Hansen greets Colin Mathieson, 7, during his mid-day break (about 2 hours long) on the Trans-Canada Highway about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake, MB. Colin Mathieson has since become a top Canadian paralympic athlete.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 17, 1987 — Rick Hansen greets Colin Mathieson, 7, during his mid-day break (about 2 hours long) on the Trans-Canada Highway about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake, MB. Colin Mathieson has since become a top Canadian paralympic athlete. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 17, 1987

Rick Hansen braves the winter snow fall with friends who are riding and running alongside about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 17, 1987 — Rick Hansen braves the winter snow fall with friends who are riding and running alongside about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake on the Trans-Canada Highway. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 17, 1987

Rick Hansen does some stretching exercises before hitting the road after his mid-day break (about 2 hours long) on the Trans-Canada Highway about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake, MB.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 17, 1987 — Rick Hansen does some stretching exercises before hitting the road after his mid-day break (about 2 hours long) on the Trans-Canada Highway about thirty miles (49 Kilometres) west of Falcon Lake, MB. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 17, 1987

Rick Hansen is greeted by throngs of Winnnipeggers as he wheels in to Winnipeg, westbound on Trans-Canada Highway at the Perimeter Highway.
Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archive
January 18, 1987 — Rick Hansen is greeted by throngs of Winnnipeggers as he wheels in to Winnipeg, westbound on Trans-Canada Highway at the Perimeter Highway. Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archive January 18, 1987

Rick Hansen gets a warm reception on the cold Winnipeg corner of Portage and Main Sunday afternoon. Hansen was later met by about 4,000 supporters at the Winnipeg Convention Centre.
Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 18, 1987 — Rick Hansen gets a warm reception on the cold Winnipeg corner of Portage and Main Sunday afternoon. Hansen was later met by about 4,000 supporters at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 18, 1987

Rick Hansen waves to the thousands of Winnipeggers that showed up at a reception at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on the day his arrival in the city.
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 18, 1987 — Rick Hansen waves to the thousands of Winnipeggers that showed up at a reception at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on the day his arrival in the city. Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 18, 1987

Rick Hansen gives the thrill of a lifetime to a boy who was just one of thousands of Winnipeggers at a reception at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on the day Hansen arrived in the city on his Man in Motion tour.
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 18, 1987 — Rick Hansen gives the thrill of a lifetime to a boy who was just one of thousands of Winnipeggers at a reception at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on the day Hansen arrived in the city on his Man in Motion tour. Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 18, 1987

Rick Hansen is interviewed in Winnipeg the day after arriving while on his Man in Motion tour.
Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 19, 1987 — Rick Hansen is interviewed in Winnipeg the day after arriving while on his Man in Motion tour. Jeff De Booy / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 19, 1987

Rick Hansen meets with patients at the Rehab Hospital during an news conference announcement.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 20, 1987 — Rick Hansen meets with patients at the Rehab Hospital during an news conference announcement. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 20, 1987

Rick Hansen is surrounded by schoolchildren as he takes his Man in Motion tour to the University of Manitoba where he was the star of a pep rally. A crowd of more than 3,000 people greeted him with a tumultuous five-minute ovation.
Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 20, 1987 — Rick Hansen is surrounded by schoolchildren as he takes his Man in Motion tour to the University of Manitoba where he was the star of a pep rally. A crowd of more than 3,000 people greeted him with a tumultuous five-minute ovation. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 20, 1987

Rick Hansen gets a standing ovation at the old Winnipeg Arena during a Winnipeg Jets game. The Jets played the Edmonton Oilers and lost 5-3 ending a seven game winning streak.
Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 21, 1987 — Rick Hansen gets a standing ovation at the old Winnipeg Arena during a Winnipeg Jets game. The Jets played the Edmonton Oilers and lost 5-3 ending a seven game winning streak. Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 21, 1987

Dave Johnson / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
Rick Hansen faces Prairie winds on the Trans-Canada Highway as he took his Man in Motion tour out of Winnipeg in January 1987. — Dave Johnson / Winnipeg Free Press Archives Rick Hansen faces Prairie winds on the Trans-Canada Highway as he took his Man in Motion tour out of Winnipeg in January 1987.

Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour was back on the road again after the wheelchair athlete spent over a week in Winnipeg. Hansen left the city early Wednesday morning and rolled down the Trans-Canada Highway toward Portage la Prairie, MB.
Dave Johnson / Winnipeg Free Press Archives
January 28, 1987 — Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour was back on the road again after the wheelchair athlete spent over a week in Winnipeg. Hansen left the city early Wednesday morning and rolled down the Trans-Canada Highway toward Portage la Prairie, MB. Dave Johnson / Winnipeg Free Press Archives January 28, 1987

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