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Photograph caption dated July 30, 1960 reads, "Reseda football star John Walker and Shrine official Dr. Vierling Kersey hand a football to Sally Spraker, 13, during recent visit to the Los Angeles Shriners' Hospital For Crippled Children. Walker will play for the South in the ninth annual Shrine football classic against the North in the ninth annual Shrine football classic at the Coliseum Aug. 5 as 'strong legs run that weak legs may walk.'"
Kersey, Vierling Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America Associations, institutions, etc Fraternal organizations High school athletes High school students Football Children--Hospitals Hospitals Patients Children Girls Young men Men Fezzes Los Angeles (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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