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SPECIAL OLYMPICS RECORD FACES OF CHAMPIONS P 2 GAMES THEY PLAY P4 AND 5 EVERYONE HELPS P 6 COMPETITION IMPORTANT Pat and pal having a ball In earlier Canadian Special Olympics Pat Marsden up front for CFTO 24hour telethon Happy Pat sports direclor of will talk dance chat and eat his way through 24 hours of fun and games and music as master of ceremonies of a telethon to raise funds for Canadian Special Olympics an organization geared to providing Instruction gudance equipment and faci lities or the thousands of mentally retarded from coast to coast Marsden is an old hand at master minding the challenging job of master of ceremonies Obviously it is a work of love which he enjoys almost as much as he enjoys being CTV networks playby play broadcaster of professional football Broadcasting sport was his ambition the day he graduated from St Patricks College Ottawa not too many years after he was born In that city The year ho called hl3 first play the crib was He made Ontario his personal hunting ground in seeking the big sports job He worked for radio and television stations in Ottawa Blind River Niagara Falls and Fort William settling down in Toronto He has broadcast football in fact practically commuted between the citys two major networks CTVandCBC Everywhere he went he was hired on as a newsman And at every change he accepted the job offer with the comment OK I take It but 1 II do your sports lor you for nothing if youll let me Finally a television executive heard his cry and today he is at top of his chosen profession in Canada sports director of a major Canadian televi sion organization His credits include Grey Cup games Ottawa in was his first one host of the longest running sports show in Canadian television Sports Beat eight years and he was host playbyplay commentator for 972 CanadaRussia series Marsden is interested in the Special Olympics not only tor its competitiveness but for what it has done lor boys and girls young and old who need only a chance to prove they too can win